шӣг

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šiekë. Cognates include Northern Sami šiega, Skolt Sami šiõǥǥ and Ter Sami šign.

Adjective

шӣг (šīg)

1. good, fine

   Synonyms: шувв (šuvv), пӯррь (pūrr’)

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “410”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland