ейль

Akkala Sami
The spelling of this entry has been normalized from jɛiĺ 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 (jieg’el’) and Northern Sami jeagil.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛi̯ʎ/

Noun

ейль (jejl’)

  1. Cladonia rangiferina, reindeer moss, reindeer lichen, caribou moss

Further reading
  • P. M. Zajkov (1987), 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 41
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