сӣййнэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Cognate with Ter Sami [script needed] (sījjnâd) and Inari Sami soinâđ (“to gasp, to choke”). Related to Northern Sami saidnat and Northern Sami sainnahat (“whooping cough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːjnɛ/

Verb

сӣййнэ (sījjne)

1. to laugh

See also

• луэнне (luennje)
• хыҏэдэ (xyr̥ede)

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, page 321
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “sìī̭nɐᵟ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 496