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Kildin Sami
Etymology
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Derived from Proto-Uralic *ko-. Cognates include Ter Sami кыэссь (kïess’) and Skolt Sami kuás.
Pronunciation
Adverb
куэссь (kuess’)
- when
- Куэссь то̄нн пуадак? ― Kuess’ tōnn puadak? ― When will you come?
Derived terms
Conjunction
куэссь (kuess’)
- when
Мунн эмм тӣдҍ, куэссь тэдта шӣллкэнҍ.- Munn emm tīd’, kuess’ tedta šīllken’.
- I don't know when it happened.
Куэссь мыйй лӣхтэмь олкэс, аббьр оа̄лкхувэ.- Kuess’ myjj līxtem’ olkes, abb’r åålkxuve.
- When we went outside, it began raining.
- (literally, “the rain began”)
Further reading
- N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)], Русский язык
- T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kuəs̜̄”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 157b