njoktje

Southern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńukčë, from Proto-Uralic *jo(ŋ)kće.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲoktʃe]
  • Syllabification: njok‧tje

Noun

njoktje (diminutive njoktjetje)

  1. swan
  2. March

Inflection

Even e-stem
Nominative njoktje
Genitive njoktjen
Singular Plural
Nominative njoktje njoktjh
Accusative njoktjem njoktjide
Genitive njoktjen njoktji
Illative njoktjese njoktjide
Inessive njoktjesne njoktjine
Elative njoktjeste njoktjijste
Comitative njoktjine njoktjigujmie
Essive njoktjine

References

  • njoktje at Giellatekno Webdict
  • 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