faala

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Southern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *fālēs.

Noun

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faala

  1. whale

Inflection

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Even a-stem
Nominative faala
Genitive faalan
Singular Plural
Nominative faala faalah
Accusative faalam faalide
Genitive faalan faalaj
Illative faalese
faalase
faalide
Inessive faalesne faaline
Elative faaleste faalijste
Comitative faaline faalajgujmie
Essive faaline

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