šallju

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *šëljō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʎːʎuː/

Noun

šallju

1. courtyard

Inflection

Even u-stem, llj-lj gradation
Nominative	šallju
Genitive	šalju šaljọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	šallju	šaljut
Accusative	šalju	šaljūid
Genitive	šalju šaljọ	šaljūid
Illative	šalljui	šaljūide
Locative	šaljus	šaljūin
Comitative	šaljūin	šaljūiguin
Essive	šalljun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person šalljon šalljome šalljomet 2nd person šalljot šalljode šalljodet 3rd person šalljus šalljuska šalljuset

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