коа̄б

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• коаб (kåb)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāpëk, compare Northern Sami gába (“capable woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒːb/

Noun

коа̄б (kååb)

1. newlywed woman, young wife

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɑ̄β”, 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) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 112
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “коа̄б”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway