njárbe

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲaːrːpe/

Noun

njárbe

  1. short-haired animal

Inflection

Even e-stem, rb-rbb gradation
Nominative njárbe
Genitive njárbbe
Singular Plural
Nominative njárbe njárbbet
Accusative njárbbe njárbbiid
Genitive njárbbe njárbbiid
Illative njárbii njárbbiide
Locative njárbbes njárbbiin
Comitative njárbbiin njárbbiiguin
Essive njárben
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njárben njárbeme njárbemet
2nd person njárbet njárbede njárbedet
3rd person njárbes njárbeska njárbeset

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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