нюххч

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ńu͕x̄č according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńukčë, from Proto-Uralic *joŋkće.

Related to Finnish joutsen, compare Skolt Sami njuhčč, Kildin Sami нюххч (njuxxč) and Northern Sami njukča.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲuxːt͡ʃʲ/, [ɲʉxːt͡ʃʲ]

Noun

нюххч (njuxxč)

1. swan

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

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńukčë, from Proto-Uralic *joŋkće

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲuxːt͡ʃʲ/

Noun

нюххч (njuxxč)

1. swan

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 222
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “нюххч”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway