каййӈэль

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kājŋēl. Related to Finnish kainalo and probably Southern Selkup ӄа̄лины (qāliny).

Cognates include Southern Sami gaejnjele, Ume Sami [Term?] (gàidˈŋjèla), Pite Sami [Term?] (“kaajngiel”), Skolt Sami [Term?] (kȧ̀in̜elᴅɐ̑ᵓk̀) and Ter Sami кайӈэль (kâjŋelʼ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkajːŋɛlʲ/

Noun

каййӈэль (kajjŋel’)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, anatomy) armpit

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• ка̄йнвулленҍ (kājnvulljen’)
• ка̄йнвуэлэнч / ка̄йнвуэла (kājnvuelenč / kājnvuela)
• карьнэльвуэлэнч / карьнэльвуэла (kar’nel’vuelenč / kar’nel’vuela)

 

Derived terms

• ка̄йнэльвуэлэнч (kājnel’vuelenč) (obsolete), ка̄йнвуэлэнч (kājnvuelenč) / ка̄йнвуэла (kājnvuela)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “ka͕ī̭ŋ͕el̜”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• T. I. Itkonen (1958) “'ka͕ī̭ŋ͕el̜'”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎^[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 81