mearra

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mearë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmea̯rra/

Noun

mearra

  1. sea

Inflection

Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative mearra
Genitive meara
Singular Plural
Nominative mearra mearat
Accusative meara mearaid
Genitive meara mearaid
Illative mērrii mearaide
Locative mearas mearain
Comitative mearain mearaiguin
Essive mearran
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mearran mearrame mearramet
2nd person mearrat mearrade mearradet
3rd person mearras mearraska mearraset

Derived terms

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
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