-эй

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Kildin Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *-jē. Cognate with Finnish -ja.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-эй (-ej)

  1. Forms agent nouns from verbs.
    а̄ннэ (ānne, to ask) + ‎-эй (-ej) → ‎а̄ннэй (ānnej, the one who asks)

Inflection[edit]

This suffix needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • A. A. Antonova (2014) chapter 22, in A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN