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Kildin Sami
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈˌsɛ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *-stētēk, compare Northern Sami -stit.
Suffix
-сэ (-se)
- Forms verbs indicating action that lasts a short period of time.
- оаррэ (årre, “to be somewhere, to sit”) + -сэ (-se) → оарсэ (årse, “to be somewhere a little, to sit a little”)
- куллэ (kulle, “to listen”) + -сэ (-se) → куӆсэ (kul̥se, “to hear something, to feel something”)
- по̄ррэ (pōrre, “to eat”) + -сэ (-se) → поҏсэ (por̥se, “to eat something quickly”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Samic *-stëtēk, compare Northern Sami -stit.
Suffix
-сэ (-se)
- Forms verbs indicating action related to the nouns.
- рӯшш (rūšš, “Russian person”) + -сэ (-se) → рӯшшсе (rūššsje, “to speak Russian”)
- то̄лл (tōll, “fire”) + -сэ (-se) → тоӆсэ (tol̥se, “to keep fire alive”)
- аббьр (abb’r, “rain”) + -сэ (-se) → абрсэ (abrse, “to rain lightly, to drizzle”)
Derived terms
Inflection
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