veaittalas

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *veajttëlës.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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veaittalas (not comparable)

  1. free, unshepherded (of animals)

Inflection

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

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