ovdal

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëvtëlēn.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈovːtal/

Adverb

ovdal

1. before, previously, earlier
2. rather, sooner

Preposition

ovdal

1. before, previous to, earlier than

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