нелль

Akkala Sami

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    Cardinal: нелль (njell’)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nealjē, from Proto-Uralic *neljä.

Related to Hungarian négy and Finnish neljä. Compare Skolt Sami nellj, Kildin Sami не̄лльй (njēll’j) and Northern Sami njeallje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛʎː/, [ˈɲe̞ʎː]

Numeral

нелль (njell’)

  1. four

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987), G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 118
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), ńeĺ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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