idja

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ijë, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *üje.

Noun

idja

1. night

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	idja
Genitive	ijá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	idja	ijá
Accusative	ijáv	ijájt
Genitive	ijá	ijáj
Illative	idjaj	ijájda
Inessive	iján	ijájn
Elative	ijás	ijájs
Comitative	ijájn	ijáj
Abessive	ijádagá ijádagi	ijájdagá ijájdagi
Essive	idjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person idjam idjama idjama 2nd person idjat idjada idjada 3rd person idjas idjaska idjasa

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ijë, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *üje.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈiɟɟa/

Noun

idja

1. night

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	idja
Genitive	ija
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	idja	ijat
Accusative	ija	ijaid
Genitive	ija	ijaid
Illative	idjii	ijaide
Locative	ijas	ijain
Comitative	ijain	ijaiguin
Essive	idjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person idjan idjame idjamet 2nd person idjat idjade idjadet 3rd person idjas idjaska idjaset

Derived terms

• buorrẹ idja
• idjadit
• idjaklubba
• idjaloddi
• ijašit
• gaskaidja

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ijë, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *üje.

Noun

idja

1. night

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	idja
Genitive	ija
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	idja	ija
Accusative	ijav	ijajt
Genitive	ija	ijaj
Illative	idjaj	ijajda
Inessive	ijan	ijajn
Elative	ijast ijas	ijajst ijajs
Comitative	ijajn	ijaj
Essive	idjan

Alternative forms

• ijja

Further reading

• idja in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland