njuorju

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *nuorjō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲuo̯rːjuː/

Noun[edit]

njuorju

  1. seal (animal)

Inflection[edit]

Even u-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative njuorju
Genitive njuorjju
njuorjjọ
Singular Plural
Nominative njuorju njuorjjut
Accusative njuorjju njuorjjūid
Genitive njuorjju
njuorjjọ 		njuorjjūid
Illative njūrjui njuorjjūide
Locative njuorjjus njuorjjūin
Comitative njuorjjūin njuorjjūiguin
Essive njuorjun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njūrjon njūrjome njūrjomet
2nd person njūrjot njūrjode njūrjodet
3rd person njuorjus njuorjuska njuorjuset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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
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