толльк

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Samic *tolkē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tulka.

Likely related to Finnish sulka. Cognates include Northern Sami dolgi and Skolt Sami tåʹlǧǧ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolʲːk/

Noun

толльк (toll’k)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) feather

   Synonym: по̄ннц (pōnnc)

2. (obsolete or dialectal) quill

   Synonym: пера (p’era)

   • 1958, T. I. Itkonen, Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 604:

     Толькэнҍ кырьйха.

     Tol’ken’ kyr’jxa.

     I’m writing with a quill.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Kildin Sami language.)

Inflection

Declension of толльк (type I noun, лльк-льк gradation)
Nominative	толльк (toll’k)
Genitive	тольк (tol’k)
	singular	plural
Nominative	толльк (toll’k)	тольк (tol’k)
Accusative	тольк (tol’k)	толькэтҍ (tol’ket’)
Genitive	тольк (tol’k)	толькэ (tol’ke)
Dative-Illative	толлка (tollka)	толькэтҍ (tol’ket’)
Locative	толькэсьт (tol’kes’t)	толькэнҍ (tol’ken’)
Comitative	толькэнҍ (tol’ken’)	толькэгуэйм (tol’keguejm)
Abessive	толькха (tol’kxa)	толькэха (tol’kexa)
Essive	толлькэнҍ (toll’ken’)
Partitive	толлькэ (toll’ke)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “tol̜̄ᵍk͕ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “tol̜̄ᵍk͕ᴱ; to̬l̜̄ᵍk͕; †təl’k”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 604