nihlla

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Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnil̥.l̥a/

Noun

nihlla

  1. unpleasant smirk, fleer

Inflection

Even a-stem, hll-hl gradation
Nominative nihlla
Genitive nihla
Singular Plural
Nominative nihlla nihlat
Accusative nihla nihlaid
Genitive nihla nihlaid
Illative nihllii nihlaide
Locative nihlas nihlain
Comitative nihlain nihlaiguin
Essive nihllan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nihllan nihllame nihllamet
2nd person nihllat nihllade nihlladet
3rd person nihllas nihllaska nihllaset

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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