buallva

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *puolvë.

Noun

buallva

  1. knee; kneecap

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • buallva 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