tjïelte
Southern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Northern Sami gielda, Inari Sami kieldâ and Lule Sami čelltē.
Noun
[edit]tjïelte
- municipality
- Ååren tjïelte ― Åre municipality
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