сӯгкэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suokëtē, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sake.

Related to Finnish sakea. Cognates include Northern Sami suohkat and Skolt Sami suõkkâd.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /suːɡkɛ/

Adjective

сӯгкэ (sūgke) (predicative сӯгкесь, comparative сӯгкта, сӯгктаммп)

  1. thick, dense
    • 1958, T. I. Itkonen, Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 529:
      Сӯгкесь ва̄ррь.
      Sūgk’es’ vārr’.
      Dense forest.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Kildin Sami language.)

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sùɢkɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “сӯгкэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'sùɢkɐᵟ, -ktam̄ᵇp, -ɢ͕k͕ės̜'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 529
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