THE SAMOYED LANGUAGE 



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Light, swichin. 



Heavy, sangoba. 



Hot, ibka. 



Warm, hiyerpi. 



Cold, di-ait-si; tic hi. 



Wet, schu-vir; sa-nbo-y. 



Dry, ha-sbo-y. 



Much, doo-tdm. 



Little (not much), ork-hbh 



Adjectives. 



White, ferr-koh. 



Black, baridia. 



Good, sow-waw. 



Bad, we-o-dii. 



Light (not dark), ydrr-li. 



Dark, limbia. 



Hungry, or-nt&n-ga-wum. 



Big, arrk-ha. 



Little (not big), mi-dya, ni-oit-sko. 



After, pob-noh. 



Grass, sti-li-ka. 

 Flower, om-doh. 

 Green-moss, tow-qwoh. 

 Reindeer moss, ni-ar-dey 

 Bog moss, ni-art-si. 

 Wind, mi-errt-sha. 

 Rain, sar-ru. 

 Ice, sarlba. 

 Snow, hardt. 

 Frost, hein. 

 Hail, sierrts-a. 

 Light, yarr-li. 

 Dark and night, limbia. 

 Thunder, mobn-ta. 

 Rainbow, su-bi-vrr. 

 Dew, y iib- la. 

 River, ya-ha. 



Prepositions. 



Before, ni-er-nia. 



Natural Objects. 



River source, ya-ha mah . 



Mountain, hoy. 



Island, mar-ra-bh ; aivh. 



Cape, zab-li. 



Sea, sicrr-koh ; yamh. 



Lake, toh. 



Fog, suniaw. 



Sun, hei-yarr. 



Moon, iri. 



Water, yi. 



Fire, too or tuh. 



Stone, peh. 



Bird, ti-lrr-ti-koh. 



Fish, harr-lih. 



Cloudberry, ma-ra-ga. 



Cranberry, yez-dey. 



Time and the Seasons. 

 The Months— October, Mal-cobinps. 



August, Si-crltz. November, Pei-o-dey. 



September, Too-rbitz December, Sidia Pei-o-dey. 



