luossa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *luosë.

Noun

luossa

1. salmon

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	luossa
Genitive	luosa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	luossa	luosa
Accusative	luosav	luosajt
Genitive	luosa	luosaj
Illative	luossaj	luosajda
Inessive	luosan	luosajn
Elative	luosas	luosajs
Comitative	luosajn	luosaj
Abessive	luosadagá luosadagi	luosajdagá luosajdagi
Essive	luossan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person luossam luossama luossama 2nd person luossat luossada luossada 3rd person luossas luossaska luossasa

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *luosë, from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]. Related to Skolt Sami luõss, Lithuanian lašiša.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈluo̯ssa/

Noun

luossa

1. salmon

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	luossa
Genitive	luosa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	luossa	luosat
Accusative	luosa	luosaid
Genitive	luosa	luosaid
Illative	lūssii	luosaide
Locative	luosas	luosain
Comitative	luosain	luosaiguin
Essive	luossan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person luossan luossame luossamet 2nd person luossat luossade luossadet 3rd person luossas luossaska luossaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *luosë.

Noun

luossa

1. salmon

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• luossa in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland