girrje

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kirjē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirːje/

Noun

girrje

1. book

Inflection

Even e-stem, rrj-rj gradation
Nominative	girrje
Genitive	girje
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	girrje	girje
Accusative	girjev	girjijt
Genitive	girje	girjij
Illative	girrjáj	girjijda
Inessive	girjen	girjijn
Elative	girjest girjes	girjijst girjijs
Comitative	girjijn	girjij
Essive	girrjen

Further reading

• girrje in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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
• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press