ныййпь

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ni̮j̄p˙ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

• нӣййп (nījjp)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nijpē.

Compare Skolt Sami neiʹbb, Kildin Sami ныййп (nyjjp) and Northern Sami niibi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɨjːpʲ/

Noun

ныййпь (nyjjp’)

1. knife

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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 79
• P. M. Zajkov (1987) “nīj̄B”, in 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 181