-шкуэдтӭ
Kildin Sami
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Samic *-koatētēk.
Pronunciation
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edit-шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e)
- Forms inchoative verbs, indicating the beginning of an action.
- по̄ррэ (pōrre, “to eat”) + -шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e) → по̄рэшкуэдтӭ (pōreškuedt’e, “to begin to eat”)
- моа̄йнсэ (mååjnse, “to tell; to narrate”) + -шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e) → моа̄йнсэшкудтӭ (mååjnseškudt’e, “to begin to tell”)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- 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
- Kuokkala, Juho. 2019. Saami -(š)goahti- inchoatives: Their variation, history, and suggested cognates in Veps and Mordvin