няльгись
Akkala Sami
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Samic *ńālkēs (predicative of *ńālkē).
Compare Skolt Sami njääʹljes, Kildin Sami ня̄лькесь (neal’kjes’) and Northern Sami njálggis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editняльгись (njal’gis’) (superlative нялгсэмус[1])
References
editFurther reading
edit- P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 56