ке̄ссь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keasē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kesä, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-en-. Cognates include Finnish kesä, Northern Sami geassi, Skolt Sami ǩieʹss and Erzya кизэ (kize).

Noun

ке̄ссь (kiess’)

1. summer

Derived terms

• ке̄сся (kiess’a)
• ке̄ссьма̄нн (kiess’mānn)
• ке̄зь-налла (kiez’-nalla)
• кя̄зас (keazas)
• кя̄ccъе (keaccje)

See also

Seasons in Kildin Sami · ыгь кэск (yg’ kesk) (layout · text) · category
кыдт (kydt, “spring”)	ке̄ссь (kiess’, “summer”)	че̄ххч (čiexxč, “autumn”)	та̄лльв (tāll’v, “winter”)

Further reading

• 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, page 107
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland