olju

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈolːjuː/

Noun

olˈju

  1. oil

Inflection
Even u-stem, lˈj-ljj gradation
Nominative olˈju
Genitive oljju
oljjọ
Singular Plural
Nominative olˈju oljjut
Accusative oljju oljjūid
Genitive oljju
oljjọ		 oljjūid
Illative olˈjui oljjūide
Locative oljjus oljjūin
Comitative oljjūin oljjūiguin
Essive olˈjun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person olˈjon olˈjome olˈjomet
2nd person olˈjot olˈjode olˈjodet
3rd person olˈjus olˈjuska olˈjuset

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