áittar

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *ājttërë, from Proto-Germanic *aihtēr, from *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to own, possess”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaːjttar/

Noun

áittar

1. someone who looks after the belongings of another (especially reindeer)

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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland