чирмах

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• чӣрмэх (čīrmex)

Etymology

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Related to Finnish kermikkä. Cognate with Northern Sami čearpmat, Southern Sami tjearmehke, Lule Sami tjermak, Inari Sami čiermih, Skolt Sami čiõrmiǩ and Akkala Sami [script needed] (čirmek).

Noun

чирмах (čirmax)

1. reindeer calf (6 months old)
2. (obsolete) reindeer calf (a year old)

Inflection

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Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “чирмах”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́š́īrmeχ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland