ня̄лльм
Kildin Sami
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Etymology
From Proto-Samic *ńālmē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńälmä. Cognates include Mansi не̄лум (nēlum, “tongue”), Hungarian nyelv, Eastern Mari йылме (jëlme) and Northern Sami njálbmi.
Noun
ня̄лльм (njāll’m)
- mouth
- Оарр, гу лӣ ча̄зь ня̄ллма вуэльмха. ― Årr, gu lī čāz’ njāllma vuel’mxa. ― [He] is sitting without saying anything. (literally, “[He] is sitting as if [his] mouth is full of water.”)
- maw
- Пальтэсь а̄вэдҍ со̄н ня̄льм. ― Pal’tes’ āved’ sōn njāl’m. ― A wolf opened its maw.
- rivermouth
Further reading
- N. E. Afanasjeva; R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985), R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)], Русский язык, page 226
- 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
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