вуэһпэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuoppōtēk, cognates include Finnish appaa and Northern Sami vuohpput.

Pronunciation

Verb

вуэһпэ (vuehpe)

  1. (obsolete) to pick up; to lift up
  2. (obsolete) to eat greedily

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “vu͕əɔp̆pɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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