ке̄һпесь
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Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *keappē, from Proto-Uralic *kepä.
Related to Hungarian kevés and Finnish keviä. Compare Northern Sami geahppat and Skolt Sami ǩieʹppeed.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ке̄һпесь (kiehpjes’) (predicative of ке̄һпьсесь)
Derived terms
- ке̄пьнэ (kiep’ne)
Further reading
- N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “КЕ̄ҺПЬСЕСЬ”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)], Русский язык
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kieɔ̀p̀es̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland