ка̄й

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Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier кайе (kajje), from Proto-Samic *kājēkē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kaja.

Related to Finnish kajava. Cognates include Northern Sami gádjit and Skolt Sami kaaʹjji.

Pronunciation

Noun

ка̄й (kāj)

  1. black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  2. european herring gull, Larus argentatus

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kāi̭jė”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 81
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kāi̭jė”, 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) “ка̄й”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык, page 96
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ка̄й”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway