Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From jorrat +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjorːriː/

Noun

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jorˈri

  1. wheel
  2. carousel
  3. whirl, vortex

Inflection

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Even i-stem, rˈr-rr gradation
Nominative jorˈri
Genitive jorri
jorrẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative jorˈri jorrit
Accusative jorri jorriid
Genitive jorri
jorrẹ
jorriid
Illative jorˈrái jorriide
Locative jorris jorriin
Comitative jorriin jorriiguin
Essive jorˈrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person jorˈrán jorˈráme jorˈrámet
2nd person jorˈrát jorˈráde jorˈrádet
3rd person jorˈris jorˈriska jorˈriset

Further reading

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  • 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