ныдтҍ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

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Cognate with Skolt Sami nuʹt (nuʹtt) and Ter Sami ныдтҍ (nïdtʹ).

Interjection

ныдтҍ (nydt’)

1. yes, of course, right

   Antonym: эйй (ejj)

   Ныдтҍ, то̄нн вӯййк ля̄к. ― Nydt’, tōnn vūjjk leak. ― Yes, you are right.

   Ныдтҍ, мунн ве̄кьха тоннӭ. ― Nydt’, munn viek’xa tonn’e. ― Of course, I will help you.

Adverb

ныдтҍ (nydt’)

1. like that, like this, in that way, so

   Тоннӭ быдт ныдтҍ тэнна лыһкэ. ― Tonn’e bydt nydt’ tenna lyhke. ― You have to do it like that.

   Ко̄ххт шэ ныдтҍ выйтэ? ― Kōxxt še nydt’ vyjte? ― How did it turn out like this?

2. so, to this or that extent

   Тэста ныдтҍ се̄ввьнэ лӣ, нимэ̄нн эмм уййн.

   Testa nydt’ s’ēvv’ne lī, nimēnn emm ujjn.

   [It] is so dark here, [I] don't see anything.

   (literally, “I don't see nothing”)

3. for nothing, for free, without any consequences

   Соннӭ тэнн кырьй ныдтҍ э̄ннҍтэнҍ.

   Sonn’e tenn kyr’j nydt’ ēnn’ten’.

   He got this book for free.

   (literally, “[They] gave him this book for free”)

4. nothing, nothing special

   Мэ̄нн лыгкак? – Ныдтҍ, нӣмэнн.

   Mēnn lygkak? – Nydt’, nīmenn.

   What are [you] doing? – Nothing special.

Derived terms

• ныдтҍшэ (nydt’še)
• ныдтҍ тэль (nydt’ tel’)
• ныдтҍ шэдт (nydt’ šedt)

Further reading

• 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)]‎^[1], Русский язык
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 291
• Michael Rießler (2009) chapter 74261616271273735, in Kildin Saami vocabulary, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology