кэ̄нял

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Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këńël, from Proto-Uralic *küńele.

Related to Finnish kyynel and Hungarian könny. Cognates include Northern Sami ganjal and Skolt Sami kõõnjâl.

Pronunciation

Noun

кэ̄нял (kēnjal)

  1. tear (of the eyes)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɛ̮̄ńaл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kɛ̮̄ńaл”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 106
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “кэ̄нял”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь , Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • 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), Русский язык, page 148