sámegiel

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Obviously from sámẹgiella, but why the shortening?”

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaˑmekie̯l/

Adjective

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sámẹgiel (not comparable)

  1. Sami-language

Inflection

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This adjective is used only attributively, and has no case forms.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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