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Kildin Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish leipä, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Cognates include Skolt Sami leiʹbb, English loaf and Russian хлеб (xleb).
Pronunciation
Noun
ле̄ййп (liejjp)
- bread
Inflection
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, page 158
- A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ле̄ййп”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland