giella

See also: giellá

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kielë.

Noun

giella

  1. language
  2. speech, voice

Inflection
Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative giella
Genitive giela
Singular Plural
Nominative giella giela
Accusative gielav gielajt
Genitive giela gielaj
Illative giellaj gielajda
Inessive gielan gielajn
Elative gielas gielajs
Comitative gielajn gielaj
Abessive gieladagá
gieladagi		 gielajdagá
gielajdagi
Essive giellan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person giellam giellama giellama
2nd person giellat giellada giellada
3rd person giellas giellaska giellasa

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

Northern Sami

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kielë, from Proto-Uralic *käle.

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

Noun

giella

  1. language

Inflection
Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative giella
Genitive giela
Singular Plural
Nominative giella gielat
Accusative giela gielaid
Genitive giela gielaid
Illative gīllii gielaide
Locative gielas gielain
Comitative gielain gielaiguin
Essive giellan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person giellan giellame giellamet
2nd person giellat giellade gielladet
3rd person giellas giellaska giellaset

Derived terms

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kielë.

Noun

giella

  1. language
  2. speech, voice

Inflection
Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative giella
Genitive giela
Singular Plural
Nominative giella giela
Accusative gielav gielajt
Genitive giela gielaj
Illative giellaj gielajda
Inessive gielan gielajn
Elative gielast
gielas		 gielajst
gielajs
Comitative gielajn gielaj
Essive giellan

Derived terms
  • láddegiella
  • sámegiella
  • vuonagiella
  • giellabällje
  • giellaälládahttem

References
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Further reading
  • giella in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
  • 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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