Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From dolla (fire) +‎ várri (mountain).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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dollavárri

  1. (geology) volcano

Inflection

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Even i-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative dollavárri
Genitive dollavári
dollavárẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dollavárri dollavárit
Accusative dollavári dollaváriid
Genitive dollavári
dollavárẹ
dollaváriid
Illative dollavárrái dollaváriide
Locative dollaváris dollaváriin
Comitative dollaváriin dollaváriiguin
Essive dollavárrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dollavárrán dollavárráme dollavárrámet
2nd person dollavárrát dollavárráde dollavárrádet
3rd person dollavárris dollavárriska dollavárriset

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