eallju

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ealjō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯ʎːʎuː/

Noun

eallju

1. dedication
2. zeal

Inflection

Even u-stem, llj-lj gradation
Nominative	eallju
Genitive	ealju ealjọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eallju	ealjut
Accusative	ealju	ealjūid
Genitive	ealju ealjọ	ealjūid
Illative	ēlljui	ealjūide
Locative	ealjus	ealjūin
Comitative	ealjūin	ealjūiguin
Essive	ealljun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ēlljon ēlljome ēlljomet 2nd person ēlljot ēlljode ēlljodet 3rd person ealljus ealljuska ealljuset

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