руэнн

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(k)ruonë, borrowing from North Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *grōniz. Cognates include Swedish grön, Northern Sami ruonas and Inari Sami ruonâs.

Adjective

руэнн (ruenn) (predicative руэнн or руэннай or руэнас, comparative руэна or руэнамп)

  1. green

Derived terms
  • руэнндэ (ruennde)
  • руэнншэ (ruennše)
  • руэнхассьтэ (ruenxass’te)
  • руэнхэ (ruenxe)
  • руэнхэллэ (ruenxelle)
  • руэнхэсс (ruenxess)

Further reading
  • N. E. Afanasjeva; 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)]‎, Русский язык, page 303
  • Michael Rießler (2009), “Kildin Saami vocabulary”, in World Loanword Database‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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