faala

Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *fālēs.

Noun

faala

1. whale

Inflection

Even a-stem
Nominative	faala
Genitive	faalan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faala	faalah
Accusative	faalam	faalide
Genitive	faalan	faalaj
Illative	faalese faalase	faalide
Inessive	faalesne	faaline
Elative	faaleste	faalijste
Comitative	faaline	faalajgujmie
Essive	faaline

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