Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian bil and Swedish bil.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpijːla/

Noun

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biila

  1. car, automobile

Inflection

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Even a-stem, il-ill gradation
Nominative biila
Genitive biilla
Singular Plural
Nominative biila biillat
Accusative biilla biillaid
Genitive biilla biillaid
Illative biilii biillaide
Locative biillas biillain
Comitative biillain biillaiguin
Essive biilan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person biilan biilame biilamet
2nd person biilat biilade biiladet
3rd person biilas biilaska biilaset

Derived terms

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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