njunni

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ńunē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲunniː/

Noun

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njunni

  1. nose
  2. beak
  3. bow of a boat or ship

Inflection

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Even i-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative njunni
Genitive njuni
njunẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative njunni njunit
Accusative njuni njuniid
Genitive njuni
njunẹ
njuniid
Illative njunnái njuniide
Locative njunis njuniin
Comitative njuniin njuniiguin
Essive njunnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njunnán njunnáme njunnámet
2nd person njunnát njunnáde njunnádet
3rd person njunnis njunniska njunniset

Further reading

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  • 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