olju

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈolːjuː/

Noun

olˈju

1. oil

Inflection

Even u-stem, lˈj-ljj gradation
Nominative	olˈju
Genitive	oljju oljjọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	olˈju	oljjut
Accusative	oljju	oljjūid
Genitive	oljju oljjọ	oljjūid
Illative	olˈjui	oljjūide
Locative	oljjus	oljjūin
Comitative	oljjūin	oljjūiguin
Essive	olˈjun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person olˈjon olˈjome olˈjomet 2nd person olˈjot olˈjode olˈjodet 3rd person olˈjus olˈjuska olˈjuset

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