се̄ййп

Kildin Sami

коа̄з се̄ййп

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *seajpē, from Proto-Uralic *sejpä. Cognates include Southern Sami siejpie, Northern Sami seaibi and Skolt Sami seiʹbb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi̯ejːp/

Noun

се̄ййп (sjējjp)

1. tail (a long one, e.g. of a cat, a mouse or a cow)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• се̄ййпшуввэ (sjējjpšuvve)
• ся̄ййпшаһтӭ (sjājjpšaht’e)

See also

• пе̄цехь (piecjex’)
• пӣжь (pīž’)
• пэ̄даш (pēdaš)

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
• 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)]‎^[2], Русский язык
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “sĭeī̭ᵇp”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 483a