Áltá

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "alta"

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈaːlːtaː/

Proper noun

Áltá

  2. Alta (a village in Norway)
  4. Alta (a municipality of Norway)

Inflection

Even á-stem, lt-ltt gradation
Nominative Áltá
Genitive Álttá
Singular Plural
Nominative Áltá —
Accusative Álttá —
Genitive Álttá —
Illative Áltái —
Locative Álttás —
Comitative Álttáin —
Essive Áltán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Áltán Áltáme Áltámet
2nd person Áltát Áltáde Áltádet
3rd person Áltás Áltáska Áltáset

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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