ня̄лльм

Kildin Sami

Picture dictionary

ня̄лльм

вуэййв ха̄бпь

вуэһць

вуэйвэшна

чалльм

пэфс

нюннҍ

ня̄лльм

ка̄ййп

вуаллнешш

пе̄лльй

нышшьк

рӯдтӭ

ча̄пэх

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńālmē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńälmä. Cognates include Northern Mansi не̄лум (nēlum, “tongue”), Hungarian nyelv, Eastern Mari йылме (jylme) and Northern Sami njálbmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲaːlʲːm/

Noun

ня̄лльм (neall’m)

1. mouth

   Оарр, гу лӣ ча̄зь ня̄ллма вуэльмха. ― Årr, gu lī čāz’ neallma vuel’mxa. ― [He] is sitting without saying anything. (literally, “[He] is sitting as if [his] mouth is full of water.”)

2. maw

   Пальтэсь а̄вэдҍ со̄н ня̄льм. ― Pal’tes’ āved’ sōn neal’m. ― A wolf opened its maw.

3. rivermouth

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 226
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland