nihlla

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnil̥.l̥a/

Noun

nihlla

1. unpleasant smirk, fleer

Inflection

Even a-stem, hll-hl gradation
Nominative	nihlla
Genitive	nihla
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nihlla	nihlat
Accusative	nihla	nihlaid
Genitive	nihla	nihlaid
Illative	nihllii	nihlaide
Locative	nihlas	nihlain
Comitative	nihlain	nihlaiguin
Essive	nihllan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nihllan nihllame nihllamet 2nd person nihllat nihllade nihlladet 3rd person nihllas nihllaska nihllaset

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