spáillit

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *svājlēkkē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈspaːjlliːh(t)/

Noun

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spáillit

  1. castrated, untamed male reindeer

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative spáillit
Genitive spáilliha
Singular Plural
Nominative spáillit spáillihat
Accusative spáilliha spáillihiid
Genitive spáilliha spáillihiid
Illative spáillihii spáillihiidda
Locative spáillihis spáillihiin
Comitative spáillihiin spáillihiiguin
Essive spáillihin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person spáillihan spáilliheamẹ spáilliheamẹt
2nd person spáillihat spáilliheattẹ spáilliheattẹt
3rd person spáillihis spáilliheaskkạ spáilliheasẹt

Further reading

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  • 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