yamal

Scots

Alternative forms

• yamalt, yamil, aamal (Orkney)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse jafnaldri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaməl(t)/

Noun

yamal (plural yamals)

1. (Orkney) contemporary, one born in the same year

References

• “yamal, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.