кӯссь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *kuossē, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognates include Northern Sami guossi, Skolt Sami kueʹss and Finnish kansa.

Noun

кӯссь (kūss’)

1. guest

Inflection

Inflection of кӯссь
Nominative	кӯссь (kūss’)
Genitive	кӯссь (kūss’)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	кӯссь (kūss’)	кӯссь (kūss’)
Accusative	кӯссь (kūss’)	кӯссетҍ (kūssjet’)
Genitive	кӯссь (kūss’)	кӯссе (kūssje)
Illative	куэсса (kuessa)	кӯссетҍ (kūssjet’)
Locative	кӯссесьт (kūssjes’t)	кӯссенҍ (kūssjen’)
Comitative	кӯссенҍ (kūssjen’)	кӯссегуэйм (kūssjeguejm)
Abessive	кӯссьха (kūss’xa)	кӯссеха (kūssjexa)
Essive	кӯссенҍ (kūssjen’)
Partitive	кӯссе (kūssje)
Possessive forms (Singular object) Singular possessor Multiple possessors 1st person {{{s1_Sposs}}} {{{p1_Sposs}}} 2nd person {{{s2_Sposs}}} {{{p2_Sposs}}} 3rd person {{{s3_Sposs}}} {{{p3_Sposs}}} (Multiple objects) Singular possessor Multiple possessors 1st person {{{s1_Pposs}}} {{{p1_Pposs}}} 2nd person {{{s2_Pposs}}} {{{p2_Pposs}}} 3rd person {{{s3_Pposs}}} {{{p3_Pposs}}}

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 134
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland