koloniija

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian koloni.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

koloniija

1. colony

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	koloniija
Genitive	koloniija
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	koloniija	koloniijat
Accusative	koloniija	koloniijaid
Genitive	koloniija	koloniijaid
Illative	koloniijii	koloniijaide
Locative	koloniijas	koloniijain
Comitative	koloniijain	koloniijaiguin
Essive	koloniijan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person koloniijan koloniijame koloniijamet 2nd person koloniijat koloniijade koloniijadet 3rd person koloniijas koloniijaska koloniijaset

Related terms

• kolonialisma
• kolonisēret
• kolonista

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