коамат

Akkala Sami

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Akkala Sami numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: коум (koum)     Ordinal: коамат (koamat), куамат (kuamat)

Alternative forms

• куамат (kuamat)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koalmāntë, from Proto-Uralic *kolmamte.

Related to Finnish kolmas. Compare Skolt Sami kuälmad, Kildin Sami куаллмант (kuallmant) and Northern Sami goalmmát.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko̯ɑmɑt/

Adjective

коамат (koamat)

1. third

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 40