dállu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish talo, from Proto-Finnic *taloi.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtaːlluː/

Noun

dállu

  1. house
  2. building

Inflection

Even u-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative dállu
Genitive dálu
dálọ
Singular Plural
Nominative dállu dálut
Accusative dálu dálūid
Genitive dálu
dálọ
dálūid
Illative dállui dálūide
Locative dálus dálūin
Comitative dálūin dálūiguin
Essive dállun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dállon dállome dállomet
2nd person dállot dállode dállodet
3rd person dállus dálluska dálluset

Derived terms

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