faala

Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *fālēs.

Noun

faala

  1. whale

Inflection

Even a-stem
Nominative faala
Genitive faalan
Singular Plural
Nominative faala faalah
Accusative faalam faalide
Genitive faalan faalaj
Illative faalese
faalase 		faalide
Inessive faalesne faaline
Elative faaleste faalijste
Comitative faaline faalajgujmie
Essive faaline

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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