-гуэйм

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• -вуэйн (-vuejn) — Ār’sjōgk
• -гуйм (-gujm), -куйм (-kujm) — Kårdegk

Etymology

Weakened form of куййм (kujjm, “companion”). Cognates include Northern Sami -guin and Ter Sami -гыэйм (-gïejm)/-гейм (-gʼejm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu̯ɛjm/

Suffix

-гуэйм (-guejm)

1. The ending of the 3rd person comitative plural.

   ‎о̄ллмэ (ōllme, “people”) + ‎-гуэйм (-guejm) → ‎о̄ллмэгуэйм (ōllmeguejm, “with people”)

   ‎мӣн (mīn, “our”) + ‎-гуэйм (-guejm) → ‎мӣнэгуэйм (mīneguejm, “with us”)

Usage notes

If possessive suffixes are used, they are placed before the comitative suffix:

• ‎коа̄нҍцэгуэйм (kåån’ceguejm, “with friends”) + ‎-гуэйм (-guejm) → ‎коа̄нҍцэсьгуэйм (kåån’ces’guejm, “with his/her/their friend(s)”)

Further reading

• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “-ɢui̭m”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 170
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland