ка̄ццькэ
Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *kāckētēk, compare Northern Sami gáskit (“to bite”).
Verb
ка̄ццькэ (kācc’ke)
- to bite, to bite off
- to gnaw
- to castrate (remove the testicles of)
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- N. E. Afanasjeva; R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985), “102-103”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)], Русский язык