čuonjá

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from an Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuo̯ɲaː/

Noun

čuonjá

1. goose

Inflection

Odd, tnj-nj gradation
Nominative	čuonjá
Genitive	čuotnjága
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čuonjá	čuotnjágat
Accusative	čuotnjága	čuotnjágiid
Genitive	čuotnjága	čuotnjágiid
Illative	čuotnjágii	čuotnjágiidda
Locative	čuotnjágis	čuotnjágiin
Comitative	čuotnjágiin	čuotnjágiiguin
Essive	čuonján
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čuotnjágan čuotnjágeamẹ čuotnjágeamẹt 2nd person čuotnjágat čuotnjágeattẹ čuotnjágeattẹt 3rd person čuotnjágis čuotnjágeaskkạ čuotnjágeasẹt

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