allna

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëlńë.

Noun

allna

1. gum (flesh around the teeth)

Inflection

Even a-stem, lln-ln gradation
Nominative	allna
Genitive	alna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	allna	alna
Accusative	alnav	alnajt
Genitive	alna	alnaj
Illative	allnaj	alnajda
Inessive	alnan	alnajn
Elative	alnas	alnajs
Comitative	alnajn	alnaj
Abessive	alnadagá alnadagi	alnajdagá alnajdagi
Essive	allnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person allnam allnama allnama 2nd person allnat allnada allnada 3rd person allnas allnaska allnasa

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