sivlu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sivlō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsivːluː/

Noun

sivlu

1. awl

Inflection

Even u-stem, vl-vll gradation
Nominative	sivlu
Genitive	sivllu sivllọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sivlu	sivllut
Accusative	sivllu	sivllūid
Genitive	sivllu sivllọ	sivllūid
Illative	sivlui	sivllūide
Locative	sivllus	sivllūin
Comitative	sivllūin	sivllūiguin
Essive	sivlun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sivlon sivlome sivlomet 2nd person sivlot sivlode sivlodet 3rd person sivlus sivluska sivluset

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