тӯндар

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Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”). Related to Proto-Finnic *tandër (“hard trampled ground or snow”). Probably derived from Proto-Uralic *tante-.

Related to Finnish tanner, cognates include Northern Sami duottar and Skolt Sami tuõddâr.

Noun

тӯндар (tūndar)

tundra
fell (mountain)
fjeld

Inflection

Inflection of тӯндар

Nominative

тӯндар (tūndar)

Genitive

тӯндрэ (tūndre)

Singular

Plural

Nominative

тӯндар (tūndar)

тӯндар (tūndar)

Accusative

тӯндрэ (tūndre)

тӯндрэтҍ (tūndret’)

Genitive

тӯндрэ (tūndre)

тӯндрэ (tūndre)

Illative

тӯндрэ (tūndre)

тӯндрэтҍ (tūndret’)

Locative

тӯндрэсьт (tūndres’t)

тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)

Comitative

тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)

тӯндрэгуэйм (tūndreguejm)

Abessive

тӯндраhта (tūndrahta)

тӯндрэха (tūndrexa)

Essive

тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)

Partitive

тӯндрэдтӭ (tūndredt’e)

Possessive forms
(Singular object)	Singular possessor	Multiple possessors
1st person	{{{s1_Sposs}}}	{{{p1_Sposs}}}
2nd person	{{{s2_Sposs}}}	{{{p2_Sposs}}}
3rd person	{{{s3_Sposs}}}	{{{p3_Sposs}}}
(Multiple objects)	Singular possessor	Multiple possessors
1st person	{{{s1_Pposs}}}	{{{p1_Pposs}}}
2nd person	{{{s2_Pposs}}}	{{{p2_Pposs}}}
3rd person	{{{s3_Pposs}}}	{{{p3_Pposs}}}

Descendants

→ Russian: тундра (tundra)

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
A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 311
A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “тӯндар”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway

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