oalli

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oalē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯lliː/

Noun

oalli

1. thalweg

Inflection

Even i-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	oalli
Genitive	oali oalẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oalli	oalit
Accusative	oali	ōliid
Genitive	oali oalẹ	ōliid
Illative	oallái	ōliide
Locative	oalis	ōliin
Comitative	ōliin	ōliiguin
Essive	oallin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oallán oalláme oallámet 2nd person oallát oalláde oalládet 3rd person oallis oalliska oalliset

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