куамат

Akkala Sami

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

Alternative forms

• коамат (koamat)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koalmāntë, from Proto-Uralic *kolmamte.

Related to Finnish kolmas. Compare Skolt Sami kuälmad, Kildin Sami куаллмант (kuallmant) and Northern Sami goalmmát.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku̯amat ~ ˈko̯ɑmɑt/

Adjective

куамат (kuamat)

1. third

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 40
• G. M. Kert (1973) “kua^лmat”, in “Некоторые морфологические особенности бабинского диалекта саамского языка [Some morphological features of the Babin dialect of the Sami language]”, in Commentationes fenno-ugricae‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilaisen seura, page 162