Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk spegel. Compare Southern Sami speejjele.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈspea̯ɟɟal/

Noun

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speadjal

  1. mirror

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative speadjal
Genitive speadjala
Singular Plural
Nominative speadjal speadjalat
Accusative speadjala speadjaliid
Genitive speadjala speadjaliid
Illative speadjalii speadjaliidda
Locative speadjalis speadjaliin
Comitative speadjaliin speadjaliiguin
Essive speadjalin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person speadjalan speadjaleamẹ speadjaleamẹt
2nd person speadjalat speadjaleattẹ speadjaleattẹt
3rd person speadjalis speadjaleaskkạ speadjaleasẹt

Further reading

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  • 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