коум

Akkala Sami

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Cardinal: коум (koum)     Ordinal: куамат (kuamat)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kolmë, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

Related to Hungarian három and Finnish kolme. Compare Skolt Sami koumm, Kildin Sami ко̄ллм (kōllm) and Northern Sami golbma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkou̯m/

Numeral

коум (koum)

1. three

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 118
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kolm”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland