кэ̄нял
Kildin Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *këńël, from Proto-Uralic *küńele.
Related to Finnish kyynel and Hungarian könny. Cognates include Northern Sami ganjal and Skolt Sami kõõnjâl.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]кэ̄нял (kēnjal)
- tear (of the eyes)
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
[edit]- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kɛ̮̄ńaл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kɛ̮̄ńaл”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary][2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 106
- A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “кэ̄нял”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- 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, page 148