Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ullō, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Cognates include Northern Sami ulˈlu and Skolt Sami oll.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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улл (ull)

  1. wool

Inflection

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Declension of улл (type I noun, лл-л gradation)
Nominative улл (ull)
Genitive ул (ul)
singular plural
Nominative улл (ull) ул (ul)
Accusative ул (ul) улэтҍ (ulet’)
Genitive ул (ul) улэ (ule)
Dative-Illative улле (ullje) улэтҍ (ulet’)
Locative улэсьт (ules’t) улэнҍ (ulen’)
Comitative улэнҍ (ulen’) улэгуэйм (uleguejm)
Abessive улха (ulxa) улэха (ulexa)
Essive уллэнҍ (ullen’)
Partitive уллэ (ulle)

Further reading

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  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “uл̀лᵃ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 372
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “uл̀лᵃ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. Antonova, E. Sheller (2021) “улл”, in Саамско-русский и Русско-саамский словарь [Sami-Russian and Russian-Sami dictionary], Tromsø: UiT The Arctic University of Norway