njálla

See also: njalla

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńālë. Cognate with Inari Sami njaalâ and Finnish naali.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲaːlla/

Noun

njálla

1. arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus

Inflection

Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative	njálla
Genitive	njála
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njálla	njálat
Accusative	njála	njálaid
Genitive	njála	njálaid
Illative	njállii	njálaide
Locative	njálas	njálain
Comitative	njálain	njálaiguin
Essive	njállan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njállan njállame njállamet 2nd person njállat njállade njálladet 3rd person njállas njállaska njállaset

Further reading

• 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