áittar

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *ājttërë, from Proto-Germanic *aihtēr, from *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- (“to own, possess”).

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈaːjttar/

Noun

áittar

  1. someone who looks after the belongings of another (especially reindeer)

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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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