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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland