е̄лле

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ealētēk, from Proto-Uralic *elä-.

Related to Finnish elää and Hungarian él. Cognates include Northern Sami eallit and Skolt Sami jiẹʹlled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji̯elːje/

Verb

е̄лле (jiellje)

1. to live

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ʲiel̜l̜eᵟ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “ʲiel̜l̜eᵟ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 59
• N. E. Afanasjeva with R. D. Kuruch, E. I. Mechkina, A. A. Antonova, L. D. Jakovlev, B. A. Gluhov (1985) “е̄лле”, in R. D. Kuruch, editor, Саамско-русский словарь (кильдинский диалект) [Sámi-Russian dictionary (Kildin dialect)]‎^[3], Русский язык, page 432
• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “е̄лле”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway