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 (niegk’e)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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