аппьсэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)ëpsētēk, from Proto-Uralic *ipsɜ. Compare Northern Sami haksit (“to smell (something)”).

Verb

аппьсэ (app’se)

1. to smell (of)
2. to smell (something)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland