вӯсьт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuostē, from Proto-Uralic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”).

Cognates include Finnish vasta-, Northern Sami vuosti. Somehow related to вуэсстла (vuesstla) and Northern Sami vuostá.

Adjective

вӯсьт (vūs’t)

1. counter-, head... (coming from in front, coming from the opposite direction)

Postposition

вӯсьт (vūs’t)

1. towards
2. against

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “вӯсьт”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “вӯсьт”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 58