njárbe

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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