тыһкь

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tikkē, either from Proto-Germanic *tīkkô (whereas English tick) or an irregular derivation from Proto-Finno-Ugric *täje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɨhʲkʲ/

Noun

тыһкь (tyhk’)

  1. louse (insect)
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Inflection

Declension of тыһкь (type I noun, һкь-гкь gradation)
Nominative тыһкь (tyhk’)
Genitive тыгкь (tygk’)
Dative-Illative тыһка (tyhka)
Comitative тыгкъенҍ (tygkjen’)
singular plural
Nominative тыһкь (tyhk’) тыгкь (tygk’)
Accusative тыгкь (tygk’) тыгкъетҍ (tygkjet’)
Genitive тыгкь (tygk’) тыгкъе (tygkje)
Dative-Illative тыһка (tyhka) тыгкъетҍ (tygkjet’)
Locative тыгкъесьт (tygkjes’t) тыгкъенҍ (tygkjen’)
Comitative тыгкъенҍ (tygkjen’) тыгкъегуэйм (tygkjeguejm)
Abessive тыгкьха (tygk’xa) тыгкъеха (tygkjexa)
Essive тыһкъенҍ (tyhkjen’)
Partitive тыһкъе (tyhkje)

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “tėɔ̀k͕̀”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958), “tėɔ̀k͕̀”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 596
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “тыххьк”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway