See also: malli, Malli, and mälli

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *mālē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmaːlliː/

Noun

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málli

  1. soup

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative málli
Genitive máli
málẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative málli málit
Accusative máli máliid
Genitive máli
málẹ
máliid
Illative mállái máliide
Locative mális máliin
Comitative máliin máliiguin
Essive mállin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mállán málláme mállámet
2nd person mállát málláde málládet
3rd person mállis málliska málliset

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