чӯмар

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *čuomër. Related to Finnish somero.

Cognates incude Northern Sami čuomar and Skolt Sami čuõmâr-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʲuːmar/

Noun

чӯмар (čūmar) (obsolete or dialectal)

  1. gravel, fragments of brittle, easily shattered rock
  2. gravel from rapakivi

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • ке̄ддҍкчӯмар (kiedd’kčūmar)

Derived terms

  • ке̄ддҍкчӯмар (kiedd’kčūmar)
  • чӯмарвӯнтас (čūmarvūntas)
  • чӯмарке̄ддҍк (čūmarkiedd’k)
  • чӯммарлуввэ (čūmmarluvve)
  • чӯммрэнч (čūmmrenč)

See also

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́š́ūmar”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “t́š́ūmar”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 684