вӯйй

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuojë, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje. Cognates include Northern Sami vuodja, Finnish voi, Komi-Zyrian вый (vyj) and Hungarian vaj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvuːjː/

Noun

вӯйй (vūjj)

1. butter
2. oil
3. grease, melted fat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• вӯййлуввэ (vūjjluvve)
• вӯйхэ (vūjxe)

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)‎^[1], Русский язык, page 54
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “вӯйй”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь, Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• 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
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vùi̭j”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 779