beaiveloddi

From beaivi +‎ loddi.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpe̯ajːveˌlodːdiː/

beaivẹloddi

1. butterfly
   • 1989 March 1, Elle Márjá Vars, “Hálidin diehtit makkár olmmoš Leastadius lei”, in Sámi Áigi‎^[1], volume 11, number 35, page 7:

     Lea čohkken moatte duhát beaivelotti. -Livččii vuogas jus mun ge oaččun beaivelotti iežan nammii, bogostallá ieš.

     He has collected a couple thousand butterflies. "It would be nice if I also get a butterfly to my name", he chuckles to himself.

   • 2000, Gisle Grimeland, Unni Oxaal, Kari Synnes, Suonjar, sohkar ja servvolašvuohta‎^[2], Landbruksforlaget, →ISBN, page 39:

     Maria Sibylla Merian, guhte elii jagiin 1646-1717, lei vuosttaš guhte fuomášii ahte beaivelottit vuos leat monnin (čivrrusin), šaddet dasto máhtun, divregoahtin ja de easka beaiveloddin.

     Maria Sibylla Merian, who lived in the years 1646-1717, was the first person who discovered that butterflies are eggs (spawn) at first, thereafter becoming larvae, cocoons and finally butterflies.

   • 2024, Mirja Palo, “Beaivelotti soajit”, in Riegádahttin‎^[3]:

     Beaivelotti soajit lihkket mu siste / Nu geahppasit eai báljo dovdo

     The wings of the butterfly move inside me / So light, they are barely felt

• idjaloddi

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland