высскэ

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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высскэ (vysske)

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

Further reading

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  • 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