ента

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• янта (janta) — dialectal, Kīllt

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *iδēntē. Cognates include Northern Sami iđit and Skolt Sami jâđđa. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjenta/

Adverb

ента (jenta)

1. tomorrow

Derived terms

• ентъенч (jent’enč)
• ентъя (jent’a)
• маӈӈаента (maŋŋajenta)

See also

• еххта (jexxta, “yesterday”)
• та̄рьм (tār’m, “today”)

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)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 81
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland