"WATER" CONCEPT IN THE KILDIN SAAMI LANGUAGE

The article describes the "Water" concept in the Kildin Saami language. We assume that there is a specific anthropocentric level of such an endangered Finno-Ugric language as the Kildin Saami. We show the importance of the prelogical concepts associated with primordial ideas about a human as a part of nature expressed in the Saami languages and culture. It is shown that the separation of meaning and presentation in a single word is directly related to the importance of the object, feature or action for the practical activity in the Kildin Sami language.