коа̄лльтэ

Kildin Sami

Alternative forms

  • коалльтэ (kåll’te)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *kāltëjō, from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ

Related to Russian колодец, колодезь (kolodec, kolodezʹ) and Finnish kaltio. Cognates include Northern Sami gáldu and Skolt Sami kaʹlddi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒːlʲːtʲɛ/

Noun

коа̄лльтэ (kååll’te)

  1. natural or artificial ice hole
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), “kɑl̜̄ᵈt̜eⁱ̯”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • The template Template:R:Itkonen:1958 does not use the parameter(s):
    pageurl=https://www.sgr.fi/fi/files/original/f57ffb28586762170a1ee2002de8d2ef.pdf#page=128
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
    T. I. Itkonen (1958), “kɑl̜̄ᵈt̜eⁱ̯”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 83
  • A. Antonova; E. Sheller (2021), “коа̄лльтэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway}