соа̄м

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *somō, from Proto-Finnic *sumu.

Related to Finnish sumu. Cognates include Northern Sami sopmu, Inari Sami soṃo and Skolt Sami sååm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɒːm/

Noun

соа̄м (sååm)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) thick fog appeared during the winter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • соа̄мал (sååmal)
  • соа̄маллуввэ (sååmalluvve)

See also

  • сулльн (sull’n)
  • туфф (tuff)
  • цӣгкь (cīgk’)

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sᴖ̄m”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'sᴖ̄m'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 514
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