нумб

Akkala Sami

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Akkala Sami numbers ^(edit)

←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: куоһт (kuoht), куохт (kuoxt)     Ordinal: нумб (numb), нумп (nump)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mumpē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

Related to Finnish muu, compare Skolt Sami nubbe, Kildin Sami ныммьп (nymm’p) and Northern Sami nubbi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnumb/, [ˈnũmb]

Adjective

нумб (numb)

1. second
2. other

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), “nump”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland