Čalbmi čalmmis ja suoldnečalmmit suoidnečalmmis: Sámegielaid singulatiivvat

• Published in: Nordlyd
• Main Author: Ylikoski, Jussi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Southern Sami
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Saami languages; singulatives; number; Dego; khanty; khanty-mansi; saami; Sámegiela; samoyed*; Mansi
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/6304; https://doi.org/10.7557/12.6304

North Saami čalbmi ‘eye’ (< Proto-Uralic *ćilmä) has cognates in all Uralic languages, and everywhere they refer to the visual organs of humans and animals. However, scholars have barely paid attention to the grammatical functions of čalbmi in compound-like formations such as suoldnečalbmi “dew e...