siellu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsie̯lluː/

Noun

siellu

  1. soul

Inflection
Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative siellu
Genitive sielu
sielọ
Singular Plural
Nominative siellu sielut
Accusative sielu sielūid
Genitive sielu
sielọ		 sielūid
Illative sīllui sielūide
Locative sielus sielūin
Comitative sielūin sielūiguin
Essive siellun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sīllon sīllome sīllomet
2nd person sīllot sīllode sīllodet
3rd person siellus sielluska sielluset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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