ма̄ййт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic *maito.

Compare Skolt Sami mäidd- (as in mäiddneäʹttel), Kemi Sami [Term?] (maid’do), Ter Sami [Term?] (ma͕ī̭ᵈta) and Akkala Sami [script needed] (mait).

Noun

ма̄ййт (mājjt)

  1. milk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • коашшьк ма̄ййт (kåšš’k mājjt)
  • кокосовэ ма̄ййт (kokosove mājjt)
  • кӯдц ма̄ййт (kūdc mājjt)
  • ма̄ййт пе̄ррк (mājjt pierrk)
  • моа̄йтэнҍ кыпптма уһт (mååjten’ kypptma uht)
  • поаррма ма̄ййт (pårrma mājjt)

Further reading
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “ма̄ййт”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык, page 180
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄ййт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “maī̭ᵈtᴬ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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