guolli

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuolē, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯lliː/

Noun

guolli

1. fish

Inflection

Even i-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	guolli
Genitive	guoli guolẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guolli	guolit
Accusative	guoli	gūliid
Genitive	guoli guolẹ	gūliid
Illative	guollái	gūliide
Locative	guolis	gūliin
Comitative	gūliin	gūliiguin
Essive	guollin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person guollán guolláme guollámet 2nd person guollát guolláde guolládet 3rd person guollis guolliska guolliset

Derived terms

• guolástit
• mearaguolli

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