куһкь

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from kuh́ḱ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kukkē. Compare Skolt Sami kuʹǩǩ, Kildin Sami кӯһкь (kūhk’) and Northern Sami guhkki.

Pronunciation

Adjective

куһкь (kuhk’) (superlative самӹ куһкь[1])

  1. long

References

  1. ^ P. M. Zajkov (1987) “kuh́ḱ, sami͔ kuh́ḱ”, in G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 139

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 48
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kuᵢhk”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland