вуэлльк

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oalkē, from Proto-Uralic *wolka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu̯ɛlʲːk/

Noun

вуэлльк (vuell’k)

1. shoulder

   Synonym: а̄ррьтӭпе̄лль (ārr’t’epiell’) (obsolete)

Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “вуэлльк”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ᵛuəl̜̄ᵍk͕ᴱ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland