dollalakkis

Northern Sami

Etymology

Blend of dolla (“fire”) +‎ deaččalakkis (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtollaˌlakkiːs/

Noun

dollalakkis

1. fire-breathing dragon

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative	dollalakkis
Genitive	dollalaggá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dollalakkis	dollalaggát
Accusative	dollalaggá	dollalaggáid
Genitive	dollalaggá	dollalaggáid
Illative	dollalaggái	dollalaggáide
Locative	dollalaggás	dollalaggáin
Comitative	dollalaggáin	dollalaggáiguin
Essive	dollalakkisin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dollalaggán dollalaggáme dollalaggámet 2nd person dollalaggát dollalaggáde dollalaggádet 3rd person dollalaggás dollalaggáska dollalaggáset

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