нагерь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëkēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡʲerʲ/

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡʲerʲ/

Noun

нагерь (nagjer’)

1. sleep

   Synonym: вуадтмушш (vuadtmušš)

2. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• нагьруввэ (nag’ruvve, “to fall asleep”)
• нагьрувнэ (nag’ruvne)
• нагьрувсэ (nag’ruvse)
• нагкрэсьт ва̄р эгк оанӭһтҍ (nagkres’t vār egk ån’eht’)
• нагерь лӣ ня̄лькесь, лыһк лӣ пыччкар (nagjer’ lī neal’kjes’, lyhk lī pyččkar)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎, Русский язык, page 204
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “nȧ̮˴i̯er̜”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 269