njuorat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńuorë, from Proto-Uralic *ńëre. Related to Finnish nuori (“young”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲuo̯rah(t)/

Noun

njuorat

1. newborn reindeer
2. (in compounds) newborn, baby

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	njuorat
Genitive	njuoraha
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njuorat	njuorahat
Accusative	njuoraha	njuorahiid
Genitive	njuoraha	njuorahiid
Illative	njuorahii	njuorahiidda
Locative	njuorahis	njuorahiin
Comitative	njuorahiin	njuorahiiguin
Essive	njuorahin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njuorahan njuoraheamẹ njuoraheamẹt 2nd person njuorahat njuoraheattẹ njuoraheattẹt 3rd person njuorahis njuoraheaskkạ njuoraheasẹt

Derived terms

• njuoratmánná

Further reading

• 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