allalávlla

Northern Sami

Etymology

From allat (“high”) +‎ lávlla (“song”). Compare Finnish Korkea veisu, Swedish Höga Visan, both literally "High Song".

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈallaˌlaːvlla/

Noun

allalávlla

  1. (biblical) the Song of Songs

Inflection
Odd, vl-vll gradation
Nominative allalávlla
Genitive allalávlaga
Singular Plural
Nominative allalávlla allalávlagat
Accusative allalávlaga allalávlagiid
Genitive allalávlaga allalávlagiid
Illative allalávlagii allalávlagiidda
Locative allalávlagis allalávlagiin
Comitative allalávlagiin allalávlagiiguin
Essive allalávllan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person allalávlagan allalávlageamẹ allalávlageamẹt
2nd person allalávlagat allalávlageattẹ allalávlageattẹt
3rd person allalávlagis allalávlageaskkạ allalávlageasẹt

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
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