порьяс

Kildin Sami

Etymology

• по̄рьяс (pōr’’as)
• поръяс (por’as) (Itkonen, 1958, normalized spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *porjës, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *burja (“gust (of wind)”) or from a Baltic language (see Proto-Finnic *purjëh). Cognates include Northern Sami borjjas and Finnish purje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈporʲ.jas/

Noun

порьяс (por’’as)

1. sail

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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 267
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “porjas”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 396