biila

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bil and Swedish bil.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpijːla/

Noun

biila

1. car, automobile

Inflection

Even a-stem, il-ill gradation
Nominative	biila
Genitive	biilla
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biila	biillat
Accusative	biilla	biillaid
Genitive	biilla	biillaid
Illative	biilii	biillaide
Locative	biillas	biillain
Comitative	biillain	biillaiguin
Essive	biilan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person biilan biilame biilamet 2nd person biilat biilade biiladet 3rd person biilas biilaska biilaset

Derived terms

• biilačoavdda

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