куэһпель

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Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koappēlē, from Proto-Uralic *koppala.

Related to Finnish koppelo. Compare Northern Sami goahppil, Skolt Sami kuäpˈpel and Ter Sami кыэһһпэль (kïehhpelʼ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

куэһпель (kuehpjel’)

  1. female capercaillie

Inflection

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Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kuəɔ̀p̀el̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “куэххьпэль”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway