ньӓлльм

Akkala Sami

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Alternative forms

  • ня̄лҍм (njāljm)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńālmē, from Proto-Uralic *ńälmä. Related to Hungarian nyelv (“language; tongue”) and Eastern Mari йылме (jylme, “language; tongue”).

Compare Skolt Sami njäʹlmm, Kildin Sami ня̄лльм (neall’m) and Northern Sami njálbmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲalʲːmʲ/, [ˈɲælʲːmʲ]

Noun

ньӓлльм (njäll’m)

  1. mouth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) 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 30
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńāᵢlm”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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