нӣййт

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *niejtë, from Proto-Uralic *nejde. Cognates include Finnish neiti and Northern Sami nieida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːjːt/

Noun

нӣййт (nījjt)

1. daughter
2. girl

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• нӣйта (nījta)

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
• 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 212
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “нӣййт”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “nìī̭ᵈt”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 281