allna

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëlńë.

Noun

allna

  1. gum (flesh around the teeth)

Inflection
Even a-stem, lln-ln gradation
Nominative allna
Genitive alna
Singular Plural
Nominative allna alna
Accusative alnav alnajt
Genitive alna alnaj
Illative allnaj alnajda
Inessive alnan alnajn
Elative alnas alnajs
Comitative alnajn alnaj
Abessive alnadagá
alnadagi		 alnajdagá
alnajdagi
Essive allnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person allnam allnama allnama
2nd person allnat allnada allnada
3rd person allnas allnaska allnasa

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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