келл

Akkala Sami

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from ḱeлл according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Akkala Sami or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kello. Compare Inari Sami kiällu, Skolt Sami ǩeâll, Kildin Sami ке̄лл (kiell) and Ter Sami [script needed] (kieл̀лᵃ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲɛɫː/, [ˈkʲe̞ɫː]

Noun

келл (k’ell)

1. bell, handbell

Further reading

• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 67