Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From dolla (fire) +‎ rieban (fox).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtollaˌrie̯pan/

Noun

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dollarieban

  1. bright red fox, firefox

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative dollarieban
Genitive dollariebana
Singular Plural
Nominative dollarieban dollariebanat
Accusative dollariebana dollariebaniid
Genitive dollariebana dollariebaniid
Illative dollariebanii dollariebaniidda
Locative dollariebanis dollariebaniin
Comitative dollariebaniin dollariebaniiguin
Essive dollariebanin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dollariebanan dollariebaneamẹ dollariebaneamẹt
2nd person dollariebanat dollariebaneattẹ dollariebaneattẹt
3rd person dollariebanis dollariebaneaskkạ dollariebaneasẹt

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