вӯммь

Kildin Sami

Вӯммь Та̄ре̄ммьнесьт.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuomē.

Somehow related to Finnish uoma. Cognates include Northern Sami vuopmi and Skolt Sami vueʹmm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvuːmʲː/

Noun

вӯммь (vūmm’)

1. valley
2. (obsolete) shallow valley in a fell covered with grass
3. (obsolete) tree line of a fell, forest zone

Inflection

Declension of вӯммь (type I noun, ммь-мь gradation)
Nominative	вӯммь (vūmm’)
Genitive	вӯмь (vūm’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	вӯммь (vūmm’)	вӯмь (vūm’)
Accusative	вӯмь (vūm’)	вӯметҍ (vūm’et’)
Genitive	вӯмь (vūm’)	вӯме (vūm’e)
Dative-Illative	вуэмма (vuemma)	вӯметҍ (vūm’et’)
Locative	вӯмесьт (vūm’es’t)	вӯменҍ (vūm’en’)
Comitative	вӯменҍ (vūm’en’)	вӯмегуэйм (vūm’eguejm)
Abessive	вӯмьха (vūm’xa)	вӯмеха (vūm’exa)
Essive	вӯмменҍ (vūmm’en’)
Partitive	вӯмме (vūmm’e)

Synonyms

• нюэццьк (njuecc’k) (obsolete)

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with 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)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 57
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “вӯммь”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vū͕mm”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 787
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vū͕mm”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland