гылк

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɨɫk/

Predicative

гылк (gylk)

1. (one) must, (it is) necessary
2. one needs, one wants, one has to

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 129