ко̄ххт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koxːt/

Adverb

ко̄ххт (kōxxt)

1. how

   Ко̄ххт я̄лак? ― Kōxxt jealak? ― How are you? (literally, “How do you live?”)

   Ко̄ххт мыннӭ быдт тэнна лыһкэ? ― Kōxxt mynn’e bydt tenna lyhke? ― How do I have to do this?

2. what

   Ко̄ххт лӣ то̄н нэ̄мм? ― Kōxxt lī tōn nēmm? ― What is your name?

3. like, as

   Ко̄ххт шэ эйй ныдть! ― Kōxxt še ejj nydt’! ― Not likely! Nothing of the sort!

Derived terms

• коале-ко̄ххт (kål’e-kōxxt)
• ко̄ххт-ля̄ннч (kōxxt-leannč)
• ко̄ххт-не (kōxxt-nje)
• нико̄ххт (nikōxxt)
• тала ко̄ххт (tala kōxxt)

Conjunction

ко̄ххт (kōxxt)

1. how

   Со̄нн эйй те̄дтма, ко̄ххт ӣжесь выгкэ.

   Sōnn ejj tiedtma, kōxxt již’es’ vygke.

   She did not know how to behave.

2. what
3. as, like

   Пугк манн, ко̄ххт быдт.

   Pugk mann, kōxxt bydt.

   Everything goes as it should.

Synonyms

• (dialectal) маххт (maxxt)

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
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 158a
• Michael Rießler (2009) chapter 74261616907059683, in Kildin Saami vocabulary, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology