Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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homofiila

  1. homosexual

Inflection

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Even a-stem, il-ill gradation
Nominative homofiila
Genitive homofiilla
Singular Plural
Nominative homofiila homofiillat
Accusative homofiilla homofiillaid
Genitive homofiilla homofiillaid
Illative homofiilii homofiillaide
Locative homofiillas homofiillain
Comitative homofiillain homofiillaiguin
Essive homofiilan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person homofiilan homofiilame homofiilamet
2nd person homofiilat homofiilade homofiiladet
3rd person homofiilas homofiilaska homofiilaset

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