таввял

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Kildin Sami

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Samic *tëvē, from Proto-Uralic *tiwä.

Related to Finnish syvä. Compare Northern Sami davvi, Akkala Sami (tavval) and Skolt Sami (ta̮vvaл).

Pronunciation

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Noun

таввял (tavvjal)

  1. north
    Synonym: (obsolete) таввь (tavv’)

Inflection

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Coordinate terms

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вуэррьял-таввял (vuerr’’al-tavvjal) таввял (tavvjal)
таввь (tavv’)
нуҏҏьт-таввял (nur̥r̥’t-tavvjal)
вуэррьял (vuerr’’al) нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t)
вуэррьял-соа̄ййв (vuerr’’al-sååjjv) соа̄ййв (sååjjv)
соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j)
нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв (nur̥r̥’t-sååjjv)

Further reading

  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “таввял”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “таввял”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ta̮vvaл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland