нумб

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from nũmb according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.
Akkala Sami numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: куоһт (kuoht), куохт (kuoxt)
    Ordinal: нумб (numb), нумп (nump)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mumpē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Related to Finnish muu, compare Skolt Sami nubbe, Kildin Sami ныммьп (nymm’p) and Northern Sami nubbi.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈnumb/,

Adjective

нумб (numb)

  1. second
  2. other

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование), Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 31
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “nump”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland