коа̄ввнэ

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• коаввнэ (kåvvne)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāvnëtēk. Сompare Northern Sami gávdnat and Skolt Sami kaunnâd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒːvːnɛ/

Verb

коа̄ввнэ (kååvvne)

1. to find, to locate
   • 2021, A. M. Sapelnikova, “Та̄л А̄ка”, in Голос Севера (приложение) [Voice of the North (appendix)], St Petersburg: Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, page 275:

     Коаввьнэнҍ со̄н о̄ллмэ, пыххьтэнҍ пэ̄ҏҏьтэ.

     Kåvv’nen’ sōn ōllme, pyxx’ten’ pēr̥r̥’te.

     People found it, brought home.

Inflection

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Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “коа̄ввнэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɑṷ̄nɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kɑṷ̄nɐᵟ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 98