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Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ńu͕x̄č 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
From Proto-Samic *ńukčë, from Proto-Uralic *joŋkće.
Related to Finnish joutsen, compare Skolt Sami njuhčč, Kildin Sami нюххч (njuxxč) and Northern Sami njukča.
Pronunciation
Noun
нюххч (njuxxč)
- swan
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), “nuchtsch”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Kildin Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *ńukčë, from Proto-Uralic *joŋkće
Pronunciation
Noun
нюххч (njuxxč)
- swan
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) , Русский язык, page 222
- 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
- A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “нюххч”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь , Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway