соа̄м

Kildin Sami

Мӯр соа̄мэсьт.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *somō, from Proto-Finnic *sumu.

Related to Finnish sumu. Cognates include Northern Sami sopmu, Inari Sami soṃo and Skolt Sami sååm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒːm/

Noun

соа̄м (sååm)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) thick fog appeared during the winter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• соа̄мал (sååmal)
• соа̄маллуввэ (sååmalluvve)

See also

• сулльн (sull’n)
• туфф (tuff)
• цӣгкь (cīgk’)

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sᴖ̄m”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'sᴖ̄m'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 514