Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈovllaː/

Proper noun

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Ovllá

  1. a male given name, equivalent to Norwegian Olav, Danish Olaf, Swedish Olof, or English Olaf

Declension

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  • The form used in the essive case is Ovlán
Even á-stem, no gradation
Nominative Ovllá
Genitive Ovllá
Singular Plural
Nominative Ovllá Ovllát
Accusative Ovllá Ovlláid
Genitive Ovllá Ovlláid
Illative Ovllái Ovlláide
Locative Ovllás Ovlláin
Comitative Ovlláin Ovlláiguin
Essive Ovllán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Ovllán Ovlláme Ovllámet
2nd person Ovllát Ovlláde Ovlládet
3rd person Ovllás Ovlláska Ovlláset

Further reading

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  • 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