Ellá

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of Elle, short form of names beginning with El-, such as Norwegian Ellen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈellaː/

Proper noun[edit]

Elˈlá

  1. a female given name

Inflection[edit]

Even á-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative Elˈlá
Genitive Ellá
Singular Plural
Nominative Elˈlá Ellát
Accusative Ellá Elláid
Genitive Ellá Elláid
Illative Elˈlái Elláide
Locative Ellás Elláin
Comitative Elláin Elláiguin
Essive Elˈlán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Elˈlán Elˈláme Elˈlámet
2nd person Elˈlát Elˈláde Elˈládet
3rd person Elˈlás Elˈláska Elˈláset

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