boija

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian bøye.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpojja/

Noun

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boija

  1. buoy

Inflection

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Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative boija
Genitive boija
Singular Plural
Nominative boija boijat
Accusative boija boijaid
Genitive boija boijaid
Illative boijii boijaide
Locative boijas boijain
Comitative boijain boijaiguin
Essive boijan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person boijan boijame boijamet
2nd person boijat boijade boijadet
3rd person boijas boijaska boijaset

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