кӯдц

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• кӯцц (kūcc)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuoccëk (“rotten”). Cognates include Northern Sami guođđit and Inari Sami kuocâ.

Adjective

кӯдц (kūdc)

1. rotten
2. sour

Further reading

• 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)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 130
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kūᵈt̀s”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland