peara

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰea̯ra/

Noun

peara

1. pear

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	peara
Genitive	peara
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	peara	pearat
Accusative	peara	pearaid
Genitive	peara	pearaid
Illative	pērii	pearaide
Locative	pearas	pearain
Comitative	pearain	pearaiguin
Essive	pearan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person pearan pearame pearamet 2nd person pearat pearade pearadet 3rd person pearas pearaska pearaset

Alternative forms

• beara

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