sámegiella

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Compound of Sápmi +‎ giella.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaˑmeˌkie̯lla/

Noun

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sámẹgiella

  1. A Sami language.

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative sámẹgiella
Genitive sámẹgiela
Singular Plural
Nominative sámẹgiella sámẹgielat
Accusative sámẹgiela sámẹgielaid
Genitive sámẹgiela sámẹgielaid
Illative sámẹgīllii sámẹgielaide
Locative sámẹgielas sámẹgielain
Comitative sámẹgielain sámẹgielaiguin
Essive sámẹgiellan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sámẹgiellan sámẹgiellame sámẹgiellamet
2nd person sámẹgiellat sámẹgiellade sámẹgielladet
3rd person sámẹgiellas sámẹgiellaska sámẹgiellaset

Derived terms

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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