suálui

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suolōj, compare Northern Sami suolu and Skolt Sami suâl. More distant cognates include Finnish salo.

Noun

suálui

  1. island

References

  • 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
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