кӯнн

See also: кунн

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Compare Skolt Sami kuõnn and Ter Sami кы̄нн (kï̄nn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːnː/

Noun

кӯнн (kūnn)

  1. smell of human urine (especially on clothes and bedding)
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Inflection

Declension of кӯнн (type I noun, нн-н gradation)
Nominative кӯнн (kūnn)
Genitive кӯн (kūn)
Dative-Illative кӯннӭ (kūnn’e)
Comitative кӯнэнҍ (kūnen’)
singular plural
Nominative кӯнн (kūnn) кӯн (kūn)
Accusative кӯн (kūn) кӯнэтҍ (kūnet’)
Genitive кӯн (kūn) кӯнэ (kūne)
Dative-Illative кӯннӭ (kūnn’e) кӯнэтҍ (kūnet’)
Locative кӯнэсьт (kūnes’t) кӯнэнҍ (kūnen’)
Comitative кӯнэнҍ (kūnen’) кӯнэгуэйм (kūneguejm)
Abessive кӯнха (kūnxa) кӯнэха (kūnexa)
Essive кӯннэнҍ (kūnnen’)
Partitive кӯннэ (kūnne)

See also

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “kūnn”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 174
  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “kūnn”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “кӯнн”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway