suolu

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *suolōj.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯luː/

Noun

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suolu

  1. island

Inflection

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Contracted u-stem, lˈl-l gradation
Nominative suolu
Genitive sūlˈlo
Singular Plural
Nominative suolu sūlˈlot
Accusative sūlˈlo sūlˈluid
Genitive sūlˈlo sūlˈluid
Illative sūlˈlui sūlˈluide
Locative sūlˈlos sūlˈluin
Comitative sūlˈluin sūlˈluiguin
Essive suolun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sūlˈlon sūlˈlome sūlˈlomet
2nd person sūlˈlot sūlˈlode sūlˈlodet
3rd person sūlˈlos sūlˈloska sūlˈloset

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