juovllat

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjuo̯vllah(t)/

Noun

juovllat

1. Christmas

Inflection

Even a-stem, vl-vll gradation
Nominative	juovllat
Genitive	juovllaid
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	juovllat
Accusative	—	juovllaid
Genitive	—	juovllaid
Illative	—	juovllaide
Locative	—	juovllain
Comitative	—	juovllaiguin
Essive	juovlan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person juovlan juovlame juovlamet 2nd person juovlat juovlade juovladet 3rd person juovlas juovlaska juovlaset

Derived terms

• juovlamánnu
• juovlabeahci

Further reading

• 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