вуалльк

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Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from vŭăl̄́k according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oalkē, from Proto-Uralic *wolka.

Related to Hungarian váll and Finnish olka. Compare Skolt Sami vuäʹlǧǧ, Kildin Sami вуэлльк (vuell’k) and Northern Sami oalgi.

Pronunciation

Noun

вуалльк (vuall’k)

  1. shoulder

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование), Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 40
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “oᵢlgi”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland