Inari Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *luosë.

Noun

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luosâ

  1. salmon

Inflection

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Even â-stem, s-s gradation
Nominative luosâ
Genitive luosâ
Singular Plural
Nominative luosâ luosah
Accusative luosâ luosâid
Genitive luosâ luoˈsâi
luosâi
Illative luosân luosáid
Locative luosâst luosâin
Comitative luosáin luoˈsâiguin
Abessive luoˈsâttáá luoˈsâittáá
Essive luossân
Partitive luossâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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