ка̄ллесь

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāllēs, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Cognates include Northern Sami gállis and Southern Sami gaellies.

Noun

ка̄ллесь (kāll’es’)

1. man (above 30)

   Synonym: оалмолма (ålmolma)

Further reading

• 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)]‎^[1], Русский язык, page 97