suolu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suolōj.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯luː/

Noun

suolu

1. island

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, lˈl-l gradation
Nominative	suolu
Genitive	sūlˈlo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suolu	sūlˈlot
Accusative	sūlˈlo	sūlˈluid
Genitive	sūlˈlo	sūlˈluid
Illative	sūlˈlui	sūlˈluide
Locative	sūlˈlos	sūlˈluin
Comitative	sūlˈluin	sūlˈluiguin
Essive	suolun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sūlˈlon sūlˈlome sūlˈlomet 2nd person sūlˈlot sūlˈlode sūlˈlodet 3rd person sūlˈlos sūlˈloska sūlˈloset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland