frumbyggi

Icelandic

Etymology

From frum- (original) + -byggi (inhabitant), the latter part from the verb byggja (to build, to inhabit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrʏm.pɪcːɪ/

Noun

frumbyggi m (genitive singular frumbyggja, nominative plural frumbyggjar)

  1. a member of an indigenous population; an aborigine

Declension

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