njoalpi

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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njoalpi

  1. thing or animal that is hard to get hold of

Inflection

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Even i-stem, lp-lpp gradation
Nominative njoalpi
Genitive njoalppi
njoalppẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative njoalpi njoalppit
Accusative njoalppi njōlppiid
Genitive njoalppi
njoalppẹ
njōlppiid
Illative njoalpái njōlppiide
Locative njoalppis njōlppiin
Comitative njōlppiin njōlppiiguin
Essive njoalpin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njoalpán njoalpáme njoalpámet
2nd person njoalpát njoalpáde njoalpádet
3rd person njoalpis njoalpiska njoalpiset

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