коаннҍт

Kildin Sami

Коа̄ннҍт

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) коннҍт (konn’t)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kontē, likely of substrate origin. Cognates include Southern Sami gedtie, Northern Sami goddi and Skolt Sami kåʹdd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒnʲːtʲ/, /ko̯anʲːtʲ/

Noun

коаннҍт (kånn’t)

1. wild reindeer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• коннҍтӯррьв (konn’tūrr’v)

Related terms

• ко̄нтас (kōntas, “4-year-old male reindeer”)

See also

• пуаз (puaz, “reindeer”)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kon̜̄ᵈt̜ᴱ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 138b–139
• 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)]‎^[3], Русский язык