аккш

Akkala Sami

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Аккш.

Alternative forms

• аххш (axxš) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ākšōjō.

Related to English axe, compare Northern Sami ákšu, Skolt Sami ähšš and Kildin Sami оаккшэ (åkkše).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkːʃ/

Noun

аккш (akkš)

1. axe

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 15