нурр

Akkala Sami
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Alternative forms
  • нуорр (nuorr)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nuorë, borrowed from Proto-Finnic *noori. Unexpected monophtongisation. Genetz recorded the form нуорр[1], which is the regular outcome.

Compare Skolt Sami nuõrr, Kildin Sami нӯрр (nūrr) and Northern Sami nuorra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnurː/

Adjective

нурр (nurr) (comparative нурамп[2], superlative нурмус, самӹ нурмус[3])

  1. young

References
  1. Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “nuorr”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  2. P. M. Zajkov (1987), “nuramp”, 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 138
  3. P. M. Zajkov (1987), “nurr, nurmus; sami͔ nurmus”, 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
  • 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 138
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