Akkala Sami edit

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Akkala Sami numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: коум (koum)
    Ordinal: коамат (koamat), куамат (kuamat)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *koalmāntë, from Proto-Uralic *kolmamte.

Related to Finnish kolmas. Compare Skolt Sami kuälmad, Kildin Sami куаллмант (kuallmant) and Northern Sami goalmmát.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

коамат (koamat)

  1. third

Further reading edit

  • 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 40