gállis

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāllēs.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaːlliːs/

Noun

gállis

  1. old man

Inflection

Odd, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative gállis
Genitive gálˈlása
Singular Plural
Nominative gállis gálˈlásat
Accusative gálˈlása gálˈlásiid
Genitive gálˈlása gálˈlásiid
Illative gálˈlásii gálˈlásiidda
Locative gálˈlásis gálˈlásiin
Comitative gálˈlásiin gálˈlásiiguin
Essive gállisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gálˈlásan gálˈláseamẹ gálˈláseamẹt
2nd person gálˈlásat gálˈláseattẹ gálˈláseattẹt
3rd person gálˈlásis gálˈláseaskkạ gálˈláseasẹt
Contracted i-stem, lˈl-ll gradation
Nominative gállis
Genitive gálˈlá
Singular Plural
Nominative gállis gálˈlát
Accusative gálˈlá gálˈláid
Genitive gálˈlá gálˈláid
Illative gálˈlái gálˈláide
Locative gálˈlás gálˈláin
Comitative gálˈláin gálˈláiguin
Essive gállisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gálˈlán gálˈláme gálˈlámet
2nd person gálˈlát gálˈláde gálˈládet
3rd person gálˈlás gálˈláska gálˈláset

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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