jåvlh

Southern Sami

Etymology

Compare Swedish jul. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jåvlh

  1. Christmas

Inflection

Even e-stem
Nominative jåvlh
Genitive jåvli
Singular Plural
Nominative jåvlh
Accusative jåvlide
Genitive jåvli
Illative jåvlide
Inessive jåvline
Elative jåvlijste
Comitative jåvligujmie
Essive jåvline

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland