ӓһкь

Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from a͕h́ḱ according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ākkē.

Related to Northern Sami áhkká, which along with other Western Sami languages derived from similar form *ākkā.

Cognates also include Skolt Sami äʹǩǩ and Kildin Sami а̄һкь (āhk’)

Noun

ӓһкь (ähk’)

  1. old woman

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 33
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