Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *veajttëlës.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvea̯jttalas/

Adjective edit

veaittalas (not comparable)

  1. free, unshepherded (of animals)

Inflection edit

This adjective is used only attributively, and has no case forms.

Further reading edit

  • 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