нюхчем

Akkala Sami
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńuokčëm, from Proto-Uralic *ńaŋkće.

Related to Komi-Zyrian нёкчим (ńokćim, “gills”), compare Skolt Sami njuhččâm, Kildin Sami ню̄ххчемь (njūxxč’em’) and Northern Sami njuovčča.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɲuxt͡ʃɛm/, [ɲʉxt͡ʃe̞m]

Noun

нюхчем (njuxč’em)

  1. tongue

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 31
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńuhtšem”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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