yoik

English

Etymology

From Northern Sami juoigat.

Noun

yoik (countable and uncountable, plural yoiks)

1. (music, uncountable) A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
2. (music, countable) A song in this tradition.

Alternative forms

• joik

Synonyms

• luohti
• vuolle
• leu'dd
• juoiggus

Translations

style

• Finnish: joiku (fi)
• Northern Sami: luohti, juoiggus
• Russian: йойк (jojk)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: juáigus, juoigâ

  Skolt Sami: juõigg

• Swedish: jojk (sv)

song

• Finnish: joiku (fi)
• Russian: йойк (jojk)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: juáigus, juoigâ

  Skolt Sami: juõigg

• Swedish: jojk (sv)

Verb

yoik (third-person singular simple present yoiks, present participle yoiking, simple past and past participle yoiked)

1. To sing in a traditional Sami style.

Translations

to sing in a traditional Sami style

• Finnish: joikua (fi)
• Northern Sami: juoigat
• Norwegian: joike (no)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: juõiggâd

• Southern Sami: joejkedh
• Swedish: jojka (sv)