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. Particularly: “From Scandinavian”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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jielˈli

  1. drying rack for fish

Inflection

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Even i-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative jielˈli
Genitive jielli
jiellẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative jielˈli jiellit
Accusative jielli jīlliid
Genitive jielli
jiellẹ
jīlliid
Illative jielˈlái jīlliide
Locative jiellis jīlliin
Comitative jīlliin jīlliiguin
Essive jielˈlin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jielˈlán jielˈláme jielˈlámet
2nd person jielˈlát jielˈláde jielˈládet
3rd person jielˈlis jielˈliska jielˈliset

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