ца̄ввьнэ
Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *cāŋmētēk.
Verb
ца̄ввьнэ (cāvvʹne)
- to drive in (nail)
- to beat up, to fluff
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
- A. A. Antonova (2014), 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, page 328