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моһчас

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Akkala Sami

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The spelling of this entry has been normalized from mohčas 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic [Term?], likely of substrate origin.[2]

Cognates include Ter Sami моджись (moǯis’), Skolt Sami mooččâd, Akkala Sami моһчас (mohčas) and Inari Sami muččâd.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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моһчас (mohčas) (superlative моһчсэмус[3])

  1. beautiful, right

References

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  1. ^ Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “moččed”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  2. ^ T. I. Itkonen (1945) Suomen lappalaiset vuoteen (in Finnish), I–II, Porvoo, Helsinki, published 1948, →OL, pages 165–167
  3. ^ P. M. Zajkov (1987) “mohčas, mohčsɛmus”, in 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 139

Further reading

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  • 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 139