Kildin Sami edit

Etymology edit

Proto-Samic *lāmčē, from Proto-Finnic *lämcä, of unknown further origin.

Cognates include Finnish lämsä, Northern Sami lávži and Skolt Sami läʹbǯǯ. Doublet of ле̄ӎӎьк (liem̥m̥’k, strap), which was borrowed from Russian лямка (ljamka).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /laːm̥ːt͡ʃ/, [laˑm̥ʲːt͡ʃʲ]
  • IPA(key): [lɑ̟ˑm̥ʲːt͡ʃʲ] (Itkonen, 1958)

Noun edit

ла̄ммч (lāmmč)

  1. thick rope for tying a deer
  2. whip, knout
  3. reins

Inflection edit

Declension of ла̄ммч (type I noun, ммч-мч gradation)
Nominative ла̄ммч (lāmmč)
Genitive ла̄мч (lāmč)
singular plural
Nominative ла̄ммч (lāmmč) ла̄мч (lāmč)
Accusative ла̄мч (lāmč) лоа̄мчетҍ (lååmč’et’)
Genitive ла̄мч (lāmč) лоа̄мче (lååmč’e)
Dative-Illative ла̄ммча (lāmmča) лоа̄мчетҍ (lååmč’et’)
Locative ла̄мчесьт (lāmč’es’t) лоа̄мченҍ (lååmč’en’)
Comitative лоа̄мченҍ (lååmč’en’) лоа̄мчегуэйм (lååmč’eguejm)
Abessive ла̄мчха (lāmčxa) лоа̄мчеха (lååmč’exa)
Essive ла̄ммченҍ (lāmmč’en’)
Partitive ла̄ммче (lāmmč’e)

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ла̄ммч”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “ла̄ммч”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎[2], Русский язык, page 154
  • G. M. Kert (1986) “ла̄ммч”, in V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение
  • A. A. Antonova (2014) “ла̄ммч”, in 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
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “łà͕m̄ᵈ́t́š́ᴱ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 199