dollalakkis

Northern Sami

Etymology

Blend of dolla (“fire”) +‎ deaččalakkis (“lizard”).

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

Noun

dollalakkis

  1. fire-breathing dragon

Inflection
Contracted i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative dollalakkis
Genitive dollalaggá
Singular Plural
Nominative dollalakkis dollalaggát
Accusative dollalaggá dollalaggáid
Genitive dollalaggá dollalaggáid
Illative dollalaggái dollalaggáide
Locative dollalaggás dollalaggáin
Comitative dollalaggáin dollalaggáiguin
Essive dollalakkisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dollalaggán dollalaggáme dollalaggámet
2nd person dollalaggát dollalaggáde dollalaggádet
3rd person dollalaggás dollalaggáska dollalaggáset

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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