ме̄кь

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ḿēḱ 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

Borrowed from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic *mëëkka, from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Related to Northern Sami miehkki, Kildin Sami мӣһкь (mīhk’) and Skolt Sami mieʹǩǩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɛkʲ/, [ˈmʲekʲ]

Noun

ме̄кь (m’ēk’)

1. sword

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