See also: ganjál

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *këńël.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkaɲal/

Noun edit

ganjal

  1. tear (of the eyes)

Inflection edit

Odd, tnj-nj gradation
Nominative ganjal
Genitive gatnjala
Singular Plural
Nominative ganjal gatnjalat
Accusative gatnjala gatnjaliid
Genitive gatnjala gatnjaliid
Illative gatnjalii gatnjaliidda
Locative gatnjalis gatnjaliin
Comitative gatnjaliin gatnjaliiguin
Essive ganjalin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gatnjalan gatnjaleamẹ gatnjaleamẹt
2nd person gatnjalat gatnjaleattẹ gatnjaleattẹt
3rd person gatnjalis gatnjaleaskkạ gatnjaleasẹt

Further reading edit

  • 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