че̄ххс

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• че̄ккс (obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čeaksë, cognates include Northern Sami čeaksa and Skolt Sami čiâhss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʲi̯exːs/

Noun

че̄ххс (čiexxs)

1. stomach (of human)
2. (obsolete) omasum (third part of ruminant's stomach)

Usage notes

• The word appears only in Itkonen’s dictionary.

Inflection

Declension of че̄ххс (type I noun, ххс-хс gradation)
Nominative	че̄ххс (čiexxs)
Genitive	че̄хс (čiexs)
	singular	plural
Nominative	че̄ххс (čiexxs)	че̄хс (čiexs)
Accusative	че̄хс (čiexs)	че̄хсэтҍ (čiexset’)
Genitive	че̄хс (čiexs)	че̄хсэ (čiexse)
Dative-Illative	че̄ххьсэ (čiexx’se)	че̄хсэтҍ (čiexset’)
Locative	че̄хсэсьт (čiexses’t)	че̄хсэнҍ (čiexsen’)
Comitative	че̄хсэнҍ (čiexsen’)	че̄хсэгуэйм (čiexseguejm)
Abessive	че̄хсха (čiexsxa)	че̄хсэха (čiexsexa)
Essive	че̄ххсэнҍ (čiexxsen’)
Partitive	че̄ххсэ (čiexxse)

Synonyms

• (of animal): тоаӈӈьк (tåŋŋ’k)
• (of fish): куһт (kuht)
• (rare) чуэййв, чоййв (čuejjv, čojjv)

See also

• челмас (čjelmas)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “t́š́iek̄s, t́š́ievs̀, t́š́ie͕k͕̄s̜e”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 660
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́š́iek̄s”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “че̄ххс”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway