jorri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From jorrat +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjorːriː/

Noun

jorˈri

  1. wheel
  2. carousel
  3. whirl, vortex

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Nominative jorˈri
Genitive jorˈri
jorˈrẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative jorˈri jorˈrit
Accusative jorˈri jorˈriid
Genitive jorˈri
jorˈrẹ
jorˈriid
Illative jorˈrái jorˈriide
Locative jorˈris jorˈriin
Comitative jorˈriin jorˈriiguin
Essive jorˈrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jorˈrán jorˈráme jorˈrámet
2nd person jorˈrát jorˈráde jorˈrádet
3rd person jorˈris jorˈriska jorˈriset

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