Kildin Sami

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier толл (toll), from Proto-Samic *tolë, from Proto-Uralic *tule.

Related to Finnish tuli. Cognates include Northern Sami dolla and Skolt Sami toll.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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то̄лл (tōll) (plural то̄л)

  1. fire
  2. fire, conflagration (occurrence of fire in a certain place)
  3. bonfire, campfire
  4. light

Inflection

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Declension of то̄лл (type I noun, лл-л gradation)
Nominative то̄лл (tōll)
Genitive то̄л (tōl)
singular plural
Nominative то̄лл (tōll) то̄л (tōl)
Accusative то̄л (tōl) то̄лэтҍ (tōlet’)
Genitive то̄л (tōl) то̄лэ (tōle)
Dative-Illative то̄лле (tōllje) то̄лэтҍ (tōlet’)
Locative то̄лэсьт (tōles’t) то̄лэнҍ (tōlen’)
Comitative то̄лэнҍ (tōlen’) то̄лэгуэйм (tōleguejm)
Abessive то̄лха (tōlxa) то̄лэха (tōlexa)
Essive то̄ллэнҍ (tōllen’)
Partitive то̄ллэ (tōlle)

Derived terms

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Nouns via affixes
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Further reading

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  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “то̄лл”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “toлл”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “toлл”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 605