шыг

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ši̮ɣ 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

• шӣг (šīg)
• шиг (šig)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šiekë. Compare Northern Sami šiega, Skolt Sami šiõǥǥ and Kildin Sami шӣг (šīg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨɡ/, [ˈʃɨɣ]

Adjective

шыг (šyg) (comparative пуэрямп, superlative пуэрьмус)

1. good

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, pages 48, 139
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “šīγ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland