тӯндар

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”). Related to Proto-Finnic *tandër (“hard trampled ground or snow”). Probably derived from Proto-Uralic *tante-.

Related to Finnish tanner, cognates include Northern Sami duottar and Skolt Sami tuõddâr.

Noun

тӯндар (tūndar)

1. tundra
2. fell (mountain)
3. fjeld

Inflection

Inflection of тӯндар
Nominative	тӯндар (tūndar)
Genitive	тӯндрэ (tūndre)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	тӯндар (tūndar)	тӯндар (tūndar)
Accusative	тӯндрэ (tūndre)	тӯндрэтҍ (tūndret’)
Genitive	тӯндрэ (tūndre)	тӯндрэ (tūndre)
Illative	тӯндрэ (tūndre)	тӯндрэтҍ (tūndret’)
Locative	тӯндрэсьт (tūndres’t)	тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)
Comitative	тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)	тӯндрэгуэйм (tūndreguejm)
Abessive	тӯндраhта (tūndrahta)	тӯндрэха (tūndrexa)
Essive	тӯндрэнҍ (tūndren’)
Partitive	тӯндрэдтӭ (tūndredt’e)
Possessive forms (Singular object) Singular possessor Multiple possessors 1st person {{{s1_Sposs}}} {{{p1_Sposs}}} 2nd person {{{s2_Sposs}}} {{{p2_Sposs}}} 3rd person {{{s3_Sposs}}} {{{p3_Sposs}}} (Multiple objects) Singular possessor Multiple possessors 1st person {{{s1_Pposs}}} {{{p1_Pposs}}} 2nd person {{{s2_Pposs}}} {{{p2_Pposs}}} 3rd person {{{s3_Pposs}}} {{{p3_Pposs}}}

Descendants

• → Russian: тундра (tundra)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь [Sámi-Russian dictionary], Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 311
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “тӯндар”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway