tjïelte

Southern Sami

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Sami gielda, Inari Sami kieldâ and Lule Sami čelltē.

Noun

tjïelte

1. municipality

   Ååren tjïelte ― Åre municipality

Further reading

• 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