кэ̄һче

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këččëtēk, compare Northern Sami gahččat (“to fall”) or Ter Sami kâhhčâd (“to find, to discover”).

Verb

кэ̄һче (kēhč’e)

1. to fall

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) chapter 146, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык