йиӈӈк

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from jiŋ̄k according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)eaŋkë, from Proto-Finnic *henki.

Related to Finnish henki, compare Skolt Sami jiõgˈg, Kildin Sami ӣӈӈк (jiŋŋk) and Northern Sami heagga.

Noun

йиӈӈк (jiŋŋk)

1. soul

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “jiñk”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• 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 76