нӣгнӭ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *niekëntëtēk.

Related to Hungarian néz and Finnish nähdä. Cognate with Northern Sami niegadit and Skolt Sami niõǥǥeed.

Pronunciation

Verb

нӣгнӭ (nīgn’e)

  1. (obsolete) to dream
    Synonym: не̄гкъе (niegkje)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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