Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Samic *tëvē, from Proto-Uralic *tiwä.

Related to Finnish syvä. Compare Northern Sami davvi, Akkala Sami [script needed] (tavval) and Skolt Sami [Term?] (ta̮vvaл).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

таввял (tavv’al)

  1. north
    Synonym: (obsolete) таввь (tavv’)

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms edit

(compass points)

вуэрьял-таввял (vuer’jal-tavv’al)
вуэррьель (vuerr’jel’)
таввял (tavv’al)
таввь (tavv’)
нуҏҏьт-таввял (nur̥r̥’t-tavv’al)
вуэррьял (vuerr’jal)   нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t)
вуэрьял-соа̄ййв (vuer’jal-sååjjv) соа̄ййв (sååjjv)
соа̄ввьй (sååvv’j)
нуҏҏьт-соа̄ййв (nur̥r̥’t-sååjjv)


Further reading edit

  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “таввял”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “таввял”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[1], Русский язык
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ta̮vvaл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland