garjá

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkarːjaː/

Noun

garjá

1. crow (animal)

Inflection

Even á-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative	garjá
Genitive	garjjá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	garjá	garjját
Accusative	garjjá	garjjáid
Genitive	garjjá	garjjáid
Illative	garjái	garjjáide
Locative	garjjás	garjjáin
Comitative	garjjáin	garjjáiguin
Essive	garján
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person garján garjáme garjámet 2nd person garját garjáde garjádet 3rd person garjás garjáska garjáset

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