-шкуэдтӭ

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• -куэдтӭ (-kuedt’e)
• -гуэдтӭ (-guedt’e)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *-koatētēk.

Suffix

-шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e)

1. Forms inchoative verbs, indicating the beginning of an action.

   ‎по̄ррэ (pōrre, “to eat”) + ‎-шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e) → ‎по̄рэшкуэдтӭ (pōreškuedt’e, “to begin to eat”)

   ‎моа̄йнсэ (mååjnse, “to tell; to narrate”) + ‎-шкуэдтӭ (-škuedt’e) → ‎моа̄йнсэшкудтӭ (mååjnseškudt’e, “to begin to tell”)

Derived terms

Kildin Sami terms suffixed with -шкуэдтӭ

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
• Kuokkala, Juho. 2019. Saami -(š)goahti- inchoatives: Their variation, history, and suggested cognates in Veps and Mordvin