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This Proto-Samic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kuśka.
Adjective
*koškē (attributive *koškēs)
- dry
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: gejhkie
- Ume Sami: gåyhkee
- Pite Sami: koˈihkot / kåjˈhkie
- Lule Sami: gåjkkåt / gåjkes
- Northern Sami: goikat / goikkis
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: kuškâđ / koškes
- Skolt Sami: kååʹšǩes
- Akkala Sami: кошк (košk), кошьк (koš’k) / [Term?]
- Kildin Sami: коашшьк (kåšš’k) / коашькэсь (kåš’kes’), коашшкай (kåšškaj)
- Ter Sami: кошькесь (košʼkʼesʼ)
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “koškē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland