мӣллк

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mielkë, from Proto-Uralic *mälke.

Related to Hungarian mell and Estonian mälv. Cognate with Northern Sami mielga, Inari Sami mielˈgâ, Skolt Sami miõlgg.

Noun

мӣллк (mīllk)

1. breast, chest (of an animal)

Inflection

Inflection of мӣллк
Nominative	мӣллк (mīllk)
Genitive	мӣлк (mīlk)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	мӣллк (mīllk)	мӣлк (mīlk)
Accusative	мӣлк (mīlk)	мӣлкэтҍ (mīlket’)
Genitive	мӣлк (mīlk)	мӣлкэ (mīlke)
Illative	мӣллькэ (mīll’ke)	мӣлкэтҍ (mīlket’)
Locative	мӣлкэсьт (mīlkes’t)	мӣлкэнҍ (mīlken’)
Comitative	мӣлкэтҍ (mīlket’)	мӣлкэгуэйм (mīlkeguejm)
Abessive	мӣлкха (mīlkxa)	мӣлкэха (mīlkexa)
Essive	мӣллкэнҍ (mīllken’)
Partitive	мӣллкэ (mīllke)
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}}}

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “mìл̄ᵍk”, 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) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 190
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “мӣллк”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway