вилльй

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vieljë. Cognates include Northern Sami viellja and Finnish and Estonian veli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viʎː/

Noun

вилльй (vill’j)

1. brother

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• вӣльенч (vīl’jenč)
• вӣлльйпе̄лль (vīll’jpiell’)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[2], Русский язык, page 44
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “vìĺ̀ĺ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 753