соаӈӈьк

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soŋkē, cognates include Northern Sami soggi and Skolt Sami såʹgg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒŋʲːk/

Noun

соаӈӈьк (såŋŋ’k)

1. back, rear
2. (military) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)
3. back part of a Sami tent where sleeping accessories are located

Inflection

Declension of соаӈӈьк (type I noun, ӈӈьк-ӈьк gradation)
Nominative	соаӈӈьк (såŋŋ’k)
Genitive	соаӈьк (såŋ’k)
	singular	plural
Nominative	соаӈӈьк (såŋŋ’k)	соаӈьк (såŋ’k)
Accusative	соаӈьк (såŋ’k)	соаӈькэтҍ (såŋ’ket’)
Genitive	соаӈьк (såŋ’k)	соаӈькэ (såŋ’ke)
Dative-Illative	соаӈӈка (såŋŋka)	соаӈькэтҍ (såŋ’ket’)
Locative	соаӈькэсьт (såŋ’kes’t)	соаӈькэнҍ (såŋ’ken’)
Comitative	соаӈькэнҍ (såŋ’ken’)	соаӈькэгуэйм (såŋ’keguejm)
Abessive	соаӈькха (såŋ’kxa)	соаӈькэха (såŋ’kexa)
Essive	соаӈӈькэнҍ (såŋŋ’ken’)
Partitive	соаӈӈькэ (såŋŋ’ke)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “so̬ŋ͕̄ᵍk͕”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 511
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “so̬ŋ͕̄ᵍk͕”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “соаӈӈьк”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “соаӈӈьк”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[3], Русский язык