Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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ла̄ммч (lāmmč)

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

Inflection

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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 (lååmčjet’)
Genitive ла̄мч (lāmč) лоа̄мче (lååmčje)
Dative-Illative ла̄ммча (lāmmča) лоа̄мчетҍ (lååmčjet’)
Locative ла̄мчесьт (lāmčjes’t) лоа̄мченҍ (lååmčjen’)
Comitative лоа̄мченҍ (lååmčjen’) лоа̄мчегуэйм (lååmčjeguejm)
Abessive ла̄мчха (lāmčxa) лоа̄мчеха (lååmčjexa)
Essive ла̄ммченҍ (lāmmčjen’)
Partitive ла̄ммче (lāmmčje)

See also

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Further reading

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  • 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