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Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from jɛj̄ĺ 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 *jeakēl, from Proto-Finno-Permic *jäkä.
Related to Finnish jäkälä, compare Skolt Sami jeeʹel, Kildin Sami е̄гель (jiegjel’) and Northern Sami jeagil.
Pronunciation
Noun
еййль (jejjl’)
- Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, caribou moss
Inflection
Further reading
- P. M. Zajkov (1987) “jej̄ĺ, jējĺist”, in G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 80