кӯшшь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *kuoššē. Cognates include Northern Sami guošši, Inari Sami kyešši and Skolt Sami kueʹšš. Related to Finnish kosio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːʃʲː/

Noun

кӯшшь (kūšš’)

  1. small container made of birchbark.

Inflection

Declension of кӯшшь (type II noun, no gradation)
Nominative кӯшшь (kūšš’)
Genitive кӯшшь (kūšš’)
Dative-Illative куэшше (kuešš’e)
Comitative кӯшшъенҍ (kūššjen’)
singular plural
Nominative кӯшшь (kūšš’) кӯшшь (kūšš’)
Accusative кӯшшь (kūšš’) кӯшшъетҍ (kūššjet’)
Genitive кӯшшь (kūšš’) кӯшшъе (kūššje)
Dative-Illative куэшше (kuešš’e) кӯшшъетҍ (kūššjet’)
Locative кӯшшъесьт (kūššjes’t) кӯшшъенҍ (kūššjen’)
Comitative кӯшшъенҍ (kūššjen’) кӯшшъегуэйм (kūššjeguejm)
Abessive кӯшшьха (kūšš’xa) кӯшшъеха (kūššjexa)
Essive кӯшшъенҍ (kūššjen’)
Partitive кӯшшъе (kūššje)

See also

Further reading

  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “кӯшшь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • 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)]‎[1], Русский язык, page 135
  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “kū͕š̜̀š̜ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “kū͕š̜̀š̜ᴱ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 178