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  • Lappish
    Lappish
    noun
    Sami.
  • lappish
    lappish
    adjective
    of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their language

Lappish

American  
[lap-ish] / ˈlæp ɪʃ /

noun

  1. Sami.

adjective

  1. Also Lappic of, relating to, or characteristic of Lapland or the Sami.

lappish British  
/ ˈlæpɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Lapps, a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula of Russia, or their language

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noun

  1. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

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Sensitive Note

See Lapp.

Etymology

Origin of Lappish

First recorded in 1870–75; Lapp + -ish 1

Example Sentences

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At the same time in Finland the prime minister, Jyrki Katainen, summoned several European leaders for a retreat in a Lappish resort to discuss how to bring greater “fairness” to European affairs.

From Economist • Mar. 27, 2013

An engineer had sent Söderberg across the lake with her, as he spoke Lappish.

From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston

Superficially, however, the resemblance is somewhat obscured by the difference in phonetics, for Lappish has an extraordinary fondness for diphthongs and also an unusually ample provision of consonants.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

I hope he will eventually respond as did my Lappish translator after one and a half years.

From Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible by Ilona, Martinovitsné Kutas

The next moment a stranger's eye could no longer distinguish her from the thousands and thousands of pale purple-pink heather blossoms on the Lappish waste.

From Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages by Poulsson, Emilie

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