каййм

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kājmē, borrowed from Proto-Finnic *kaima.

Related to Finnish kaima. Cognate with Skolt Sami käiʹmm, Kildin Sami ка̄ййм (kājjm), Northern Sami gáibmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑjːm/

Noun

каййм (kajjm)

  1. namesake (person with the same name as another)

Inflection

Inflection of каййм
Nominative каййм (kajjm)
Genitive ка̄йм (kājm)
singular plural
Nominative каййм (kajjm) ка̄йм (kājm)
Accusative ка̄йм (kājm) ка̄ймӹ (kājmï)
Genitive ка̄йм (kājm) ка̄ймӹ (kājmï)
Illative [Term?] ка̄ймӹ (kājmï)
Locative ка̄ймӹст (kājmïst) ка̄ймӹн (kājmïn)
Comitative ка̄ймӹнҍ (kājmïn’) ка̄ймӹгуйм (kājmïgujm)
Abessive ка̄ймта (kājmta) ка̄ймӹта (kājmïta)
Essive кайймӹнҍ (kajjmïn’)
Partitive [Term?]

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) “kaj̄m-kājm”, in G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 132