ниннч

Akkala Sami

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Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńińčē, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. In this case, related to Finnish nisä.

Cognate with Skolt Sami njeʹǯǯ, Kildin Sami ниннч (ninnč) and Northern Sami njižži

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲinːt͡ʃ/

Noun

ниннч (ninnč)

1. breast (of a female)

Inflection

Inflection of ниннч
Nominative	ниннч (ninnč)
Genitive	нӣнджь (nīndž’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ниннч (ninnč)	нӣнджь (nīndž’)
Accusative	нӣнджь (nīndž’)	нӣнджи (nīndži)
Genitive	нӣнджь (nīndž’)	нӣнджи (nīndži)
Illative	[Term?]	нӣнджи (nīndži)
Locative	нӣнджист (nīndžist)	нӣнджин (nīndžin)
Comitative	нӣнджинҍ (nīndžin’)	нӣнджигуйм (nīndžigujm)
Abessive	нӣнджта (nīndžta)	нӣнджита (nīndžita)
Essive	ниннчинҍ (ninnčin’)
Partitive	[Term?]

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) “nin̄č́-nīnǯ́”, 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 132

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńińčē, possibly from Proto-Uralic *ńimśä. In this case, related to Finnish nisä.

Cognate with Skolt Sami njeʹǯǯ, Akkala Sami ниннч (ninnč) and Northern Sami njižži.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈninːt͡ʃʲ/

Noun

ниннч (ninnč)

1. breast, bosom
2. udder

   Synonym: (obsolete or dialectal) рӯккьс (rūkk’s)

Inflection

Declension of ниннч (type I noun, ннч-нч gradation)
Nominative	ниннч (ninnč)
Genitive	нинч (ninč)
Dative-Illative	нӣннче (nīnnčje)
Comitative	нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	ниннч (ninnč)	нинч (ninč)
Accusative	нинч (ninč)	нӣнчетҍ (nīnčjet’)
Genitive	нинч (ninč)	нӣнче (nīnčje)
Dative-Illative	нӣннче (nīnnčje)	нӣнчетҍ (nīnčjet’)
Locative	нинчесьт (ninčjes’t)	нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’)
Comitative	нӣнченҍ (nīnčjen’)	нӣнчегуэйм (nīnčjeguejm)
Abessive	нинчха (ninčxa)	нӣнчеха (nīnčjexa)
Essive	ниннченҍ (ninnčjen’)
Partitive	ниннче (ninnčje)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ńėń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 213
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ńėń̄ᵈ́t́š́”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 299