skuolfi
Northern Sami
editEtymology
editCognate with Inari Sami skyelfi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskuolfi
- 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
editEven i-stem, lf-lff gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- jievjaskuolfi (“snowy owl”)
Further reading
edit- 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