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Kildin Sami
Etymology
Weakened form of куййм (kujjm, “companion”). Cognates include Northern Sami -guin and Ter Sami -гыэйм (-gïejm)/-гейм (-gʼejm).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-гуэйм (-guejm)
- 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