spáillit

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *svājlēkkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spáillit

1. castrated, untamed male reindeer

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	spáillit
Genitive	spáilliha
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spáillit	spáillihat
Accusative	spáilliha	spáillihiid
Genitive	spáilliha	spáillihiid
Illative	spáillihii	spáillihiidda
Locative	spáillihis	spáillihiin
Comitative	spáillihiin	spáillihiiguin
Essive	spáillihin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person spáillihan spáilliheamẹ spáilliheamẹt 2nd person spáillihat spáilliheattẹ spáilliheattẹt 3rd person spáillihis spáilliheaskkạ spáilliheasẹt

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