коа̄нгэсс

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

  • ко̄нгэс (kōnges) (old, phonetic)
  • коа̄нхэсс (kåånxess)
  • коа̄нхэсс (kåånxess)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *konëŋkēs, from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz.

Related to English king and Finnish kuningas. Compare Northern Sami gonagas, Skolt Sami koonǥõs and Ter Sami конагас (konâgâs).

Pronunciation

Noun

коа̄нгэсс (kåångess) (genetive коа̄нгэз)

  1. bridegroom
    Synonym: женӭхь (žjen’ex’)
  2. (obsolete) king
    Synonyms: цоа̄рр (cåårr), корол (korol) (obsolete)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'kónᵊgɛ̮s'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 869
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “коа̄нгэсс”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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