njukča

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *ńukčë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲukːt͡ʃa/

Noun

njukča

1. swan

Inflection

Even a-stem, kč-včč gradation
Nominative	njukča
Genitive	njuvčča
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njukča	njuvččat
Accusative	njuvčča	njuvččaid
Genitive	njuvčča	njuvččaid
Illative	njukčii	njuvččaide
Locative	njuvččas	njuvččain
Comitative	njuvččain	njuvččaiguin
Essive	njukčan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njukčan njukčame njukčamet 2nd person njukčat njukčade njukčadet 3rd person njukčas njukčaska njukčaset

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