suálui

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suolōj, compare Northern Sami suolu and Skolt Sami suâl. More distant cognates include Finnish salo.

Noun

suálui

1. island

References

• 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