viellja

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vieljë.

Noun

viellja

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Inflection

Even a-stem, llj-lj gradation
Nominative	viellja
Genitive	vielja
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viellja	vielja
Accusative	vieljav	vieljajt
Genitive	vielja	vieljaj
Illative	vielljaj	vieljajda
Inessive	vieljan	vieljajn
Elative	vieljas	vieljajs
Comitative	vieljajn	vieljaj
Abessive	vieljadagá vieljadagi	vieljajdagá vieljajdagi
Essive	vielljan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vielljam vielljama vielljama 2nd person vielljat vielljada vielljada 3rd person vielljas vielljaska vielljasa

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

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vieljë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvie̯ʎːʎa/

Noun

viellja

1. brother

Inflection

Even a-stem, llj-lj gradation
Nominative	viellja
Genitive	vielja
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viellja	vieljat
Accusative	vielja	vieljaid
Genitive	vielja	vieljaid
Illative	vīlljii	vieljaide
Locative	vieljas	vieljain
Comitative	vieljain	vieljaiguin
Essive	vielljan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vielljan vielljame vielljamet 2nd person vielljat vielljade vielljadet 3rd person vielljas vielljaska vielljaset

Derived terms

• vieljabárdni

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland