чуэнь

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Kildin Sami

Чӯнне

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čuońēk, from Proto-Finno-Saamic *čańak, borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Cognates include Northern Sami čuonjá, Skolt Sami čueʹnj and Ter Sami чы̄нь.

Pronunciation

Noun

чуэнь (čuenj)

  1. goose

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • 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
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “t́š́u͕əńᵄ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 690b–691a
  • 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