калльмэ

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

• ка̄лльме (kāll’mje)
• калльме (kall’mje)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këlmētēk, compare Northern Sami galbmit (“to freeze, to be frozen; to ice over”).

Verb

калльмэ (kall’me)

1. to freeze, to feel cold
2. to become frozen

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• 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 146