väʹll

Skolt Sami

Etymology

Derived from a North Germanic language, compare Norwegian and Swedish falk (“falcon”).

Cognate with Kildin Sami ва̄лль (vāll’), Inari Sami välli and Northern Sami fálli.

Noun

väʹll

  1. hawk

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vȧ͕l̜̄l̜ᵉ̇”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 716a
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