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): /ˈsuːɡkɛ/

Adjective

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

1. thick, dense
   • 1958, T. I. Itkonen, Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja‎^[1], 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^[2], 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]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 529