пӣһкь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pēkkē. Cognates include Southern Sami biehkie, Ume Sami [Term?] (bä̀hkee), Pite Sami biehkie, Northern Sami biehkki and Skolt Sami pieʹǩǩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːhʲkʲ/

Noun

пӣһкь (pīhk’)(obsolete or dialectal)

1. single item, thing, object

   боаранпӣһкь ― båranpīhk’ ― single ram

   коа̄ммпӣһкь ― kååmmpīhk’ ― pair of worn-out shoes

2. small or short piece (of something)

   оа̄зпӣһкь ― ååzpīhk’ ― piece of clothing

Inflection

Declension of пӣһкь (type I noun, һкь-гкь gradation)
Nominative	пӣһкь (pīhk’)
Genitive	пӣгкь (pīgk’)
Dative-Illative	пъе̄һка (p’ēhka)
Comitative	пӣгкъенҍ (pīgk’en’)
	singular	plural
Nominative	пӣһкь (pīhk’)	пӣгкь (pīgk’)
Accusative	пӣгкь (pīgk’)	пӣгкъетҍ (pīgk’et’)
Genitive	пӣгкь (pīgk’)	пӣгкъе (pīgk’e)
Dative-Illative	пъе̄һка (p’ēhka)	пӣгкъетҍ (pīgk’et’)
Locative	пӣгкъесьт (pīgk’es’t)	пӣгкъенҍ (pīgk’en’)
Comitative	пӣгкъенҍ (pīgk’en’)	пӣгкъегуэйм (pīgk’eguejm)
Abessive	пӣгкьха (pīgk’xa)	пӣгкъеха (pīgk’exa)
Essive	пӣһкъенҍ (pīhk’en’)
Partitive	пӣһкъе (pīhk’e)

Synonyms

Single item

• ка̄ввьн (kāvv’n)
• коа̄һплэгк (kååhplegk)
• кусськ (kuss’k)
• па̄ҋҋк (pāj̥j̥k)

Derived terms

• пе̄гкэнч (piegkenč) / пя̄гкэнч (peagkenč), пе̄гка (piegka)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “pīɔ̀k͕̀ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'pīɔ̀k͕̀ᴱ'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 365