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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)
- 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