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kōfe
a word from vocabulary
Kildin Saami
by
Michael Rießler
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Word form
kōfe
Original script
ко̄фэ
LWT meaning(s)
the coffee
Word meaning
coffee
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
before 1980 [14]
Register
General
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
1. clearly borrowed
Comments
clearly borrowed from Ru. kófe; but coffee was probably known before (like in Scandinavia), but I’m not certain if an older loanword was replaced
Source words
kófe
'coffee'
Russian
Effect
No information
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Post-revolutionary Russification [14]
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