ке̄һпесь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keappē, from Proto-Uralic *kepä.

Related to Hungarian kevés and Finnish keviä. Compare Northern Sami geahppat and Skolt Sami ǩieʹppeed.

Adjective

ке̄һпесь (kiehp’es’) (predicative of ке̄һпьсесь)

  1. light, lightweight
  2. easy

Derived terms
  • ке̄пьнэ (kiep’ne)

Further reading
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “КЕ̄ҺПЬСЕСЬ”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kieɔ̀p̀es̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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