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Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *vuostē, from Proto-Uralic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”). Related to вӯсьт (vūs’t).
Cognates include Skolt Sami vuâstta, Ter Sami выэсста (vïesstâ) and Akkala Sami (vosta).
Postposition
вуэсста (vuessta)
- toward, towards
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vu͕əs̄tᴀ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “вуэсста”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)], Русский язык, page 58