пе̄шштра̄кэннч

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Finnic language (compare Finnish västäräkki). If so, derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wäćtɜrɜkkɜ.

Cognates include Northern Sami beštur and Inari Sami pešnirihhááš.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pi̯eʃːtraːkɛnːt͡ʃʲ/

Noun

пе̄шштра̄кэннч (piešštrākennč)

  1. (obsolete) white wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “pĭeš̀t-rāᵍkɐń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “pĭeš̀t-rāᵍkɐń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 373
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.