Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Samic *ealō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eallu

  1. a flock, herd, crowd (can be used to refer to both people and animals)
  2. reindeer herd

Inflection

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Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative eallu
Genitive ealu
ealọ
Singular Plural
Nominative eallu ealut
Accusative ealu ealūid
Genitive ealu
ealọ
ealūid
Illative ēllui ealūide
Locative ealus ealūin
Comitative ealūin ealūiguin
Essive eallun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ēllon ēllome ēllomet
2nd person ēllot ēllode ēllodet
3rd person eallus ealluska ealluset