нюцькесь

Akkala Sami

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

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńuockës, Proto-Uralic *ńëčke.

Compare Skolt Sami njuõckâs, Kildin Sami ню̄цкас (njūckas) and Northern Sami njuoskkas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲut͡sʲkʲɛsʲ/

Adjective

нюцькесь (njuc’k’es’) (comparative нюцксап)

1. damp, moist
2. raw

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 86