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ня̄лльм

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Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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  • 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