-эй

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈˌɛj/

Suffix

-эй (-ej)

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

Inflection

This suffix needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Kildin Sami terms suffixed with -эй (agent noun)

Further reading

  • A. A. Antonova (2014) “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