высскэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *viskëtē (“yellow”). Cognates include Northern Sami fiskat, Inari Sami viskâd and Skolt Sami viskkâd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɨsːkɛ/

Adjective

высскэ (vysske)

  1. (obsolete) yellow
    Synonym: руччкэ (ruččke)
  2. (obsolete) green
    Synonym: руэнн (ruenn)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vi̮s̄kɐᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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