-гуэйм

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Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

Weakened form of куййм (kujjm, companion). Cognates include Northern Sami -guin and Ter Sami -гыэйм (-gïejm)/-гейм (-gʼejm).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-гуэйм (-guejm)

  1. The ending of the 3rd person comitative plural.
    о̄ллмэ (ōllme, people) + ‎-гуэйм (-guejm) → ‎о̄ллмэгуэйм (ōllmeguejm, with people)
    мӣн (mīn, our) + ‎-гуэйм (-guejm) → ‎мӣнэгуэйм (mīneguejm, with us)

Usage notes

If possessive suffixes are used, they are placed before the comitative suffix:

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “-ɢui̭m”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 170
  • 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