vertebra melhkie, lïhtsh-melhkie, rudtje-lïhtsh [pl.]; cervical ~ tjeapohkeb-måaroe, tjeapohks-måaroe, tjeapohks-måara; cervical ~e tjeapoeh-lïhtsh, tjeapah-lïhtsh, tjeapohks-lïhtsh; first ~, atlas bone (reindeer) bïedteres, bïedterasse, bïedternasse; first ~ atlas bone sïejpege, sïejph, sïejpehke, siejpehke, jarra, jurrie, laajta, laajta-bïedternes, laajtan-bïedternes; second ~ (reindeer, incl. as food, trad. for men) gåahke, gåahke-bearkoe, gåahke-lïhtse, gåahke-måaroe, hearran-bïedteres, hurrie-bearkoe, skruvve-tjeapohke; third ~ (reindeer, incl. as food) beallohke, dovhe-måaroe, dovhke-måara, dovhke-tjeapohke, bealloe-daektie, bealloen-daektie, bealloe-bearkoe, bealloe-måaroe, bealla-tjeapehke; fourth ~ (reindeer, incl. as food) nïejte-tjeapohke, nïejte-buala; lowest cervical ~ (reindeer) njåemele-bearkoe, njåemele-lïhtse; each of the cervical ~ at the front of a reindeer's back seepege, seeph-måaroe, seeph-måara; the largest of a pair of cervical ~e (served to men) gaarmanæjjan seepege; the smallest of a pair of cervical ~e (served to women) nyjsenæjjan seepege