нюхчем

Akkala Sami

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

Alternative forms

• нҍуһчем (n’uhč’em)

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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland