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Inari Sami
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Swedish jätte (“giant”) or Finnish jätti.
Related to Northern Sami jiehtanas.
Noun
jieˈtânâs
- giant
Inflection
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