рошшкэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ručkë, related to Proto-Finnic *ruskëda. Cognates include Northern Sami ruškat, Skolt Sami ručkkâd and Finnish ruskea.

Adjective

рошшкэ (rošške) (predicative of ро̄шшкесь)

  1. brown
  2. orange

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. A. Antonova (2014) chapter 256, in A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN
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