skuolfi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Cognate with Inari Sami skyelfi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

skuolfi

  1. owl
    • Bjørn Frantzen, Hans Dransfeld, Olaf Hunsdal, translated by Harald S. Kåven, Finnmárkku loddeatlas (overall work in Norwegian, Northern Sami, and Finnish), Norgga Ornitologalaš Searvi, →ISBN, page 134:
      Skulffiin leat 6 slája [sic – meaning šlája] mat lállet Finnmárkkus.
      [original: Uglene har seks arter som hekker i Finnmark[.]]
      Owls have six species that brood in Finnmark.

Inflection

Even i-stem, lf-lff gradation
Nominative skuolfi
Genitive skuolffi
skuolffẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative skuolfi skuolffit
Accusative skuolffi skūlffiid
Genitive skuolffi
skuolffẹ 		skūlffiid
Illative skuolfái skūlffiide
Locative skuolffis skūlffiin
Comitative skūlffiin skūlffiiguin
Essive skuolfin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person skuolfán skuolfáme skuolfámet
2nd person skuolfát skuolfáde skuolfádet
3rd person skuolfis skuolfiska skuolfiset

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
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