siellu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsie̯lluː/

Noun

siellu

1. soul

Inflection

Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	siellu
Genitive	sielu sielọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	siellu	sielut
Accusative	sielu	sielūid
Genitive	sielu sielọ	sielūid
Illative	sīllui	sielūide
Locative	sielus	sielūin
Comitative	sielūin	sielūiguin
Essive	siellun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sīllon sīllome sīllomet 2nd person sīllot sīllode sīllodet 3rd person siellus sielluska sielluset

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