коа̄нгэсс

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• ко̄нгэс (kōnges) (old, phonetic)
• коа̄нхэсс (kåånxess)
• коа̄нхэсс (kåånxess)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *konëŋkēs, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Related to English king and Finnish kuningas. Compare Northern Sami gonagas, Skolt Sami koonǥõs and Ter Sami конагас (konâgâs).

Noun

коа̄нгэсс (kåångess) (genetive коа̄нгэз)

1. bridegroom

   Synonym: женӭхь (žjen’ex’)

2. (obsolete) king

   Synonyms: цоа̄рр (cåårr), корол (korol) (obsolete)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• о̄дткоа̄нгэз (ōdtkåångez)

 

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'kónᵊgɛ̮s'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 869
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “коа̄нгэсс”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway