са̄мь

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from sāḿ 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 *sāmē, from earlier *sämä.

Related to Finnish suomi (the Finnish language), compare Skolt Sami sääʹmm, Kildin Sami са̄ммь (sāmm’) and Northern Sami sápmi.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

са̄мь (sām’)

  1. Sami

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 120
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sam-”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland