ма̄ййт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish maito, from Proto-Finnic *maito.

Compare Skolt Sami mäidd- (as in mäiddneäʹttel), Kemi Sami [Term?] (maid’do), Ter Sami [script needed] (ma͕ī̭ᵈta) and Akkala Sami [script needed] (mait).

Noun

ма̄ййт (mājjt)

1. milk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• коашшьк ма̄ййт (kåšš’k mājjt)
• кокосовэ ма̄ййт (kokosove mājjt)
• кӯдц ма̄ййт (kūdc mājjt)
• ма̄ййт пе̄ррк (mājjt pierrk)
• моа̄йтэнҍ кыпптма уһт (mååjten’ kypptma uht)
• поаррма ма̄ййт (pårrma mājjt)

 

Further reading

• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “ма̄ййт”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект)‎^[1], Русский язык, page 180
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “ма̄ййт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь, Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “maī̭ᵈtᴬ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland