чыэннӭ

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoanē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćona. Cognates include Southern Sami tjåenieh and Kildin Sami чуэннҍ (čuenn’) (obsolete). Related to Northern Sami čoanohas.

Noun

чыэннӭ (čïenn’e) (čyenn˙e)

1. type of toboggan or sledge without runners, suitable for carrying goods or people in deep snow, usually drawn by a man or a reindeer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland