нушша

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Ter Sami

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Нушша (Phocoena phocoena) ча̄зесьт.

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Etymology

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Cognate with Skolt Sami nešš and Kildin Sami нышшь (nyšš’).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нушша (nuššâ)

  1. porpoise

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “nušša”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “nušša”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 279