печкерь

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

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Related to Proto-Samic *pëččë.

Compare Skolt Sami pe´čǩǩer, Kildin Sami пыччкар (pyččkar) and Inari Sami pišker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛt͡ʃkʲɛrʲ/

Adjective

печкерь (p’ečk’er’) (comparative печкрап)

1. bitter

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 138