вӯгкь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuokē. Related to Finnish vakaa and Finnish vuoka.

Cognates include Northern Sami vuohki and Skolt Sami vueʹǩǩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvuːɡʲkʲ/

Noun

вӯгкь (vūgk’)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) custom, tradition, common practice, rite

   о̄ллмэвӯгкь ― ōllmevūgk’ ― human tomfoolery, caper

2. (obsolete) antic, caper, misdeed

Inflection

Declension of вӯгкь (type I noun, гкь-гь gradation)
Nominative	вӯгкь (vūgk’)
Genitive	вӯгь (vūg’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	вӯгкь (vūgk’)	вӯгь (vūg’)
Accusative	вӯгь (vūg’)	вӯгъетҍ (vūg’et’)
Genitive	вӯгь (vūg’)	вӯгъе (vūg’e)
Dative-Illative	вуэгка (vuegka)	вӯгъетҍ (vūg’et’)
Locative	вӯгъесьт (vūg’es’t)	вӯгъенҍ (vūg’en’)
Comitative	вӯгъенҍ (vūg’en’)	вӯгъегуэйм (vūg’eguejm)
Abessive	вӯгьха (vūg’xa)	вӯгъеха (vūg’exa)
Essive	вӯгкъенҍ (vūgk’en’)
Partitive	вӯгкъе (vūgk’e)

Derived terms

• вӯгкьшэнне (vūgk’šennje)

Adjectives

• вӯгкешь / вӯгкьшэсь (vūgkješ’ / vūgk’šes’)
• вӯгьхэмь / вӯгьхэмэсь (vūg’xem’ / vūg’xemes’)

 

Verbs derived via affixes

• вӯгкьлуввэ (vūgk’luvve)
• вӯгкьтуввэ (vūgk’tuvve)
• вӯгьхуввэ (vūg’xuvve)

 

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vū͕ɢ͕k͕ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'vū͕ɢ͕k͕ᴱ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 783