båtsoj

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *poacōj.

Noun

bå̄tsoj

1. reindeer

   Båtsoj livvadij nällje bálen dieŋnan.

   The reindeer rested four times a day.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• båtsoj in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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