#northern saami

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Saamelaisten kansallispäivä on

pohjoissaameksi Sámi álbmotbeaivi, 

inarinsaameksi Säämi aalmugpeivi ja 

koltansaameksi Säʹmmlai meersažpeiʹvv

Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!

Happy National Saami Day!

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Märät Säpikkäät -Kalassa

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Happy national Saami Day 2026

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Eamifámut, eaminiegut / Ealli jurdda, ealli doaivva / Eat mii vuollán, eat mii goarrán Ancient forces, ancient dreams / Living thoughts, living hopes / We will not surrender, we will not disappear

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Would somebody please be able help with a linguistics question?

I don't need help solving the Assignment. Just understanding the question. It is a question in relation to Northern Saami phonology.

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Some North Saami Language...

Davvisámegiella - North Saami

The North Saami language is the oldest and most beautiful I know, and having it's roots in the Arctic it is naturally very expressive when it comes to snow.  It is also very complicated when describing reindeers, but I thought I'd start with snow and ice for the simple reason that not all Saami are herders and this blog is mainly for those of us in the far-south where there aren't so many reindeers.

Brace yourself for some cold air.

some Saami words for...

Snow.

čahki “hard lump of snow... hard snowball” geardni “thin crust of snow” gaska-geardi “layer of crust” gaska-skárta “hard layer of crust” goahpálat “the kind of snow-storm in which the snow falls thickly and sticks to things” guoldu “cloud of snow which blows up from the ground when there is a hard frost without very much wind” luotkku “loose snow” moarri “brittle crust of snow, thin frozen surface of snow (thicker than geardni; also of frozen crust of driven snow, čearga, which does not quite bear; and cuoŋu which begins to soften becomes moarri), thin crust of ice” njáhcu “thaw” ruokŋa “thin hard crust of ice on snow” seaŋaš “granular snow at the bottom of the layer of snow” skárta “thin (more or less ice-like) layer of snow frozen on to the ground” skáva “very thin layer of frozen snow” skávvi “crust of ice on snow, formed in the evening after the sun has thawed the top of the snow during the day” soavli “very wet, slushy snow, snow-slush” skoavdi “empty space between snow and the ground” vahca “loose snow (especially new snow on the top of a layer of older snow or on a road with snow on it)”

Travelling.

bearta “heavy going because the ground is bare (without snow) in many places” bohkolat “deep snow of varying depth; small (steep) snow-drift on road or where one goes (plural: wave-like, steep, little snow drifts” časttas “hard snowdrift (smaller than skálvi)” čearga “snowdrift which is so hard that it bears; crust of drift-snow” činus “firm, even snow (but not firm enough to bear)” dobádat “sticky snow, heavy wet snow” fáska “snow blown together by the wind, snowdrift (of snow blown along the ground)” gálja “very slippery going, frozen, slippery surface” girrat “heavy (of the going in frosty weather, especially when there has been a hard frost after a fall of snow)” joavggahat “place where the snow lies particularly deep after a fall of snow” lavki “slippery going: ice covered with loose, dry snow with no foothold” moarri “the kind of going, surface, when the frozen snow or crust of ice breaks and cuts the legs of horses or reindeer” muovllahat “place where people or animals have ploughed through or plunged along in deep snow or a soft bog” njeađgga “’ground drift’ (drifting snow which gets blown up from the ground) which covers roads or tracks” oavlluš “depression, hollow, with slushy snow in it, on land or on ice” oppas “untouched, untrodden, covering of snow (where no way or road has been made by walking or driving, or where reindeer have not grazed), deep snow, untrodden reindeer pasture in winter” rodda “hard going (too little snow)” sievlla “the state of things when the spring snow is so soft that one sinks in it” skálvi “big (high, steep and usually hard) snow-drift” skoarádat “the kind of going in which one hears a grating noise as the kjerris, sleigh, ski passes over a rough surface” spoatna “hard, firm, snow to drive on (when there is little snow)” veađahat “place where snow has been blown away; (nearly) bare patch (where the wind has blown away the snow)”

Tracking.

čiegar “snow-field which has been trampled and dug up by reindeer (or sheep in autumn) feeding there” čilvi “ice-covered area where reindeer have been grazing in mild weather” doalli “winter road or track covered by snow but still distinguishable” doavdnji “snow of such a depth that skis, a kjerris (a boat-formed sleigh, my addition), or a sleigh will not come in contact with the ground; snow which falls upon hard going” fieski “area where a grazing herd of reindeer has been (including all kinds of tracks, not only čiegar)” jođáhat “tracks in the snow left by a migrating reindeer herd” jolas “tracks made in the snow by reindeer, dogs or wolves which have gone in a row” láhttu “ski-track” loanjis “tracks of the whole herd of reindeer” márahat “large, beaten winter-track” rádnu “tracks of a hare (where the hare has gone frequently to and fro)” raŧŧi “winter way made by driving reindeer (in harness) over the snow” suovdnji “grazing hole, hole dug by reindeer in the snow in order to feed” šalka “firm, hard, winter way; hard-trodden snow on yard, marked-place, etc.” ulahat “almost unrecognizable winter way or track that is snowed over, or covered by drifted snow” vuojáhat “track or way in the snow, made by vehicles or by driving a herd of reindeer”

Hardcore.

áhttán “ice on salt-water” aškkas “rough sheet of ice” baldu “large block of ice, ice-floe” boara “having smooth ice on it in spring, after the snow has melted” bođas “brash ice at bottom of (shallow) river in autumn” bođus “ice-floes floating separately (collectively)” cahca “narrow strip if ice between two ‘lanes’” cuokca “ice-bridge or snow-bridge over a river” gavdda “thin ice, bay (or young) ice” njuorra-jiekŋa “new ice, so weak that it does not bear” jieŋk-gávli “ice along the shore of open water (the sea or rapids)” liehpa “hole in the ice on a lake” moalus “small fragments of ice which float on the water after the force of the stream has ground up the ice” moarahat “lane, lead, of water where the ice is broken up; place where a layer of ice on top of thicker ice is broken up” roavku “portion of water (river, lake, marsh) or frozen bank, waterside (near a spring), where the ice has formed in such a way that there is a hollow space under the top layer of ice” rovda “weak ice which does not bear the reindeer (especially on bogs)” norahat “pack-ice (on or near a river); stretch of river ice in autumn with uneven surface due to floating bay-ice which has frozen on to it” rudni “ice-hole” sáisa “mass of packed ice pressed up on or towards the shore” soatma “ice-slush or snow-slush on the water of a river or a lake” spildi “very thin layer of ice on water or milk” šuohmir “particle of ice in the shape of a needle” suossa “bay ice (in river and lake)” vuohčči “smooth ice with moisture on top” vuožži ”wet bare ice”

Miscallaneous.

čođđi “coating of ice formed by frozen rain or sleet on stones or trees” čuohki ”ice-crust on pasture” bihci “rime (frost)” bulži “compact crust, coating, of ice, esp. on implements” bulsi “rounded, convex, sheet of ice” duollu, girse “frost (in the ground) ritni “(thick) rime on trees and other things” skilži “covering of little bits of ice which hang down loosely” sealli “melting rime on the trees” suhči “hard-frozen rime (on trees)”

And, class; this will be in the exam at the end of term...