кӯввьт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuovtē, compare Northern Sami guovdi (“dragon”) or Skolt Sami kuʹvdd (“snake”).

Noun

кӯввьт (kūvv’t)

1. snake

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
• G. M. Kert (1986) V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение