Uralic Languages Word-Association Game

[Naava]

paliskunta
a cooperative of reindeer herdsmen administering a defined herding area

[Linguaphile]

ǩiõčˈčâd
to watch, to tend, to herd

[h34]

йочасад / jočasad
kindergarten

йоча child + сад garden (Russian loan)

[Naava]

päiväkoti
day care centre ("A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.")

päivä - day ; koti - home

[h34]

паша кече / paša keče
workday

[france-eesti]

ünnepnap
celebration (ünnep) day (nap)

[Naava]

nimipäivä
name day

nimi - name, päivä - day

[h34]

лӱмдаш / lümdaš
to name, to give a name

лӱм / lüm - name (noun)
-д(а)- / -d(a)- - marking transitivity (?)
-аш / -aš - infinitive suffix

[awrui]

nimmehtsmoere
daphne mezereum

nïmme: name
-hts: without
moere: tree

[Naava]

nimetön
ring finger

nimi - name
-tOn - indicates lack of something; -less

[Linguaphile]

nimetus
(1) name, designation, appellation
(2) namelessness
So it's one of those strange words for which the two definitions are more or less opposites of each other.
It can also be the inessive case form of nimetu "nameless".


Etymology for (1):
nimetama - to name, to designate (stem: nimeta-)
-us - forms nouns from verb stems

Etymology for (2):
nimi - name
-tu - indicates lack of something; -less
-s - forms a noun from a -tu suffix ("state of being without x")

[h34]

айним / ajnim
patronymic name

ай / aj = father
ним / nim = name

[Linguaphile]

perekonnanimi
surname, family name, last name


pere = family
kond = indicates a group or community (genitive konna)
nimi = name

[Naava]

perhekunta
family; group/community that consist of several generations of the same family; household

perhe = family
kunta = (in compounds) community, group, corps

[Linguaphile]

inemiskund
humanity

inemine (gen. inimese; inimes- in compounds) = person, human
kund = (in compounds) community, group, corps

[h34]

ломань / loman'
human, person (inimene, человек, Homo sapiens)

[Naava]

inhimillinen
human, humane

ihminen (older form: inhiminen) = human, person
-llinen = forms adjectives that indicate likeness

[Linguaphile]

olmmošvuoigatvuođat
human rights

olmmoš = human, person
vuoigatvuohta = right, law, justice (plural vuoigatvuođat) from vuoigat = fair, just, equitable + -vuohta = noun-forming suffix

[h34]

Ӧтувтчӧм Войтыръяслӧн Котыр
Ötuvtčöm Vojtyr"jaslön Kotyr
United Nations (Organization)

öтувтчыны = to unite
öтувтчӧм = united
войтыр = nation
-яс- = plural marker
-лöн = genitive suffix
котыр = organization; family; nest

[Linguaphile]

Maiľman Tervhuden Kaičendorganizacii (MTK)
World Health Organization (WHO)

maiľman = world (genitive)
tervhuden = health (genitive)
kaičend = protection, defense
organizacii = organization