куэһпель

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

  • куэххьпэль (kuexx’pel’)Antonova orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koappēlē, from Proto-Uralic *koppala.

Related to Finnish koppelo. Compare Northern Sami goahppil, Skolt Sami kuäpˈpel and Ter Sami кыэһһпэль (kïehhpelʼ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku̯ɛhpʲelʲ/

Noun

куэһпель (kuehp’el’)

  1. female capercaillie

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • роа̄нкуэһпель (råånkuehp’el’)[1]

References

  1. ^ T. I. Itkonen (1958), “r.-kuəɔp̆pel̜”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 449, column 2

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “kuəɔ̀p̀el̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “'kuəɔ̀p̀el̜'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 134
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “куэххьпэль”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway