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Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ḿēḱ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Related to Northern Sami miehkki, Kildin Sami мӣһкь (mīhk’) and Skolt Sami mieʹǩǩ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ме̄кь (m’ēk’)
- sword
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland