bällge

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pealkē, from Proto-Uralic *pälkä.

Noun

bällge

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Further reading

  • bällge in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland