оа̄ррьтэ

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ārtijē.

Related to Finnish hartia and Icelandic herðar. Cognates inclide Northern Sami hárdu, Inari Sami ärdee and Skolt Sami aʹrddi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒːrʲːtɛ/

Noun

оа̄ррьтэ (åårr’te)

1. shoulders (the two shoulders and the upper portion of the back)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• а̄ррьтэпе̄лль (ārr’tepiell’) (obsolete or dialectal)

See also

• вуэлльк (vuell’k)
• се̄лльк (sjēll’k)

Further reading

• A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “оа̄ррьтэ”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ɑ̀r̜̄ᵈt̜e”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland