ра̄вэшк

Kildin Sami

(2) Инупиат о̄ллмэ а̄ххьтэв пӯдзэ ра̄вэшк.

(3) София ра̄вэшк Дуранкулак е̄нс о̄ллмэ ка̄льмэсьт.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːvɛʃk/

Noun

ра̄вэшк (rāvešk)

1. small ghost
2. (obsolete or dialectal) the carcass, carrion of an animal
3. (obsolete or dialectal, anatomy) skeleton

   Synonym: скелеһт (skjeljeht)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ра̄вьшкенч (rāv’škjenč)

Compound words

• о̄ллмэра̄вэшк (ōllmerāvešk)
• пӯдзэра̄вэшк (pūdzerāvešk)
• та̄ффьт-ра̄вэшк (tāff’t-rāvešk)

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “rāvə̑š̀k”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “rāvə̑š̀k”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 427