tjalán

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čëlāmë.

Noun

tjalán

  1. canine tooth
  2. tusk

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative tjalán
Genitive tjalána
Singular Plural
Nominative tjalán tjalána
Accusative tjalánav tjalánijt
Genitive tjalána tjalánij
Illative tjalánij tjalánijda
Inessive tjalánin tjalánijn
Elative tjalánis tjalánijs
Comitative tjalánijn tjalánij
Abessive tjalánadagá
tjalánadagi
tjalánijdagá
tjalánijdagi
Essive tjalánin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjalánim
tjalánam
tjalánimme tjalánimme
2nd person tjalánit
tjalánat
tjalánihtte tjalánihtte
3rd person tjalánis tjalániska tjalánisá

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