е̄ммьне

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• еммьн (jemm’n) (obsolete or dialectal, Itkonen)
• е̄ммьн (jiemm’n) (dated or dialectal, Kert)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eanëm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji̯emʲːnʲe/

Noun

е̄ммьне (jiemm’nje)

1. land, territory
   • 22-05-2020, Геннадий Лукин, “Суммь я̄лл са̄мен”, in Rus4All‎^[1], archived from the original on 21-05-2022:

     Пе̄ййв пэ̄ййян, е̄ммьне а̄ввт.

     Piejjv pējjjan, jiemm’nje āvvt.

     The sun rose, warmed the earth.

2. country, land
3. soil
4. the Earth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Adjective

е̄ммьне (jiemm’nje)

1. earth

Derived terms

• е̄ммьне ма̄дт (jiemm’nje mādt)
• е̄ммьне э̄ля (jiemm’nje ēlja)
• е̄ммьнеконнҍт (jiemm’njekonn’t)
• е̄ммьнетыһкь (jiemm’njetyhk’)
• е̄ммьнечо̄ла (jiemm’nječōla)

 

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) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 79
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “е̄ммьне”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• G. M. Kert (1986) “е̄ммьне, е̄ммьн”, in V. V. Vinokurova, E. N. Samojlova, editors, Словарь саамско-русский и русско-саамский [Sámi-Russian and Russian-Sámi dictionary], Ленинград: Просвещение
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ʲem̄n̜ᵉ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ʲem̄n̜ᵉ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[4], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 54