Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *vëljē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvaʎːʎiː/

Noun edit

vallji

  1. plenty, abundance

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, llj-lj gradation
Nominative vallji
Genitive valji
valjẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative vallji valjit
Accusative valji valjiid
Genitive valji
valjẹ
valjiid
Illative valljái valjiide
Locative valjis valjiin
Comitative valjiin valjiiguin
Essive valljin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vallján valljáme valljámet
2nd person vallját valljáde valljádet
3rd person valljis valljiska valljiset

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