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куэссь

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Derived from Proto-Uralic *ko-. Cognates include Ter Sami кыэссь (kïess’) and Skolt Sami kuás.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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куэссь (kuess’)

  1. when
    Куэссь то̄нн пуадак?Kuess’ tōnn puadak?When will you come?

Derived terms

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Conjunction

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куэссь (kuess’)

  1. when
    Мунн эмм тӣдҍ, куэссь тэдта шӣллкэнҍ.
    Munn emm tīd’, kuess’ tedta šīllken’.
    I don't know when it happened.
    Куэссь мыйй лӣхтэмь олкэс, аббьр оа̄лкхувэ.
    Kuess’ myjj līxtem’ olkes, abb’r åålkxuve.
    When we went outside, it began raining.
    (literally, “the rain began”)

Further reading

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  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[1], Русский язык
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kuəs̜̄”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 157b