Southern Sami edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

svaale

  1. arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus

Inflection edit

Even e-stem
Nominative svaale
Genitive svaalen
Singular Plural
Nominative svaale svaalh
Accusative svaalem svaalide
Genitive svaalen svaali
Illative svaalese svaalide
Inessive svaalesne svaaline
Elative svaaleste svaalijste
Comitative svaaline svaaligujmie
Essive svaaline

Further reading edit

  • 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