ganjal

See also: ganjál

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *këńël.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɲal/

Noun

ganjal

1. tear (of the eyes)

Inflection

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

• 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