njuorat

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ńuorë, from Proto-Uralic *ńëre. Related to Finnish nuori (“young”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈɲuo̯rah(t)/

Noun[edit]

njuorat

  1. newborn reindeer
  2. (in compounds) newborn, baby

Inflection[edit]

Odd, no gradation
Nominative njuorat
Genitive njuoraha
Singular Plural
Nominative njuorat njuorahat
Accusative njuoraha njuorahiid
Genitive njuoraha njuorahiid
Illative njuorahii njuorahiidda
Locative njuorahis njuorahiin
Comitative njuorahiin njuorahiiguin
Essive njuorahin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njuorahan njuoraheamẹ njuoraheamẹt
2nd person njuorahat njuoraheattẹ njuoraheattẹt
3rd person njuorahis njuoraheaskkạ njuoraheasẹt

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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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