mierra

Pite Sami

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *mearë.

Noun

mierra

1. shore, coast

Inflection

Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	mierra
Genitive	miera
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mierra	miera
Accusative	mierav	mierajt
Genitive	miera	mieraj
Illative	mierraj	mierajda
Inessive	mieran	mierajn
Elative	mierast mieras	mierajst mierajs
Comitative	mierajn	mieraj
Essive	mierran

Further reading

• mierra 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *mietë.

Noun

mierra

1. honey

Inflection

Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	mierra
Genitive	miera
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mierra	miera
Accusative	mierav	mierajt
Genitive	miera	mieraj
Illative	mierraj	mierajda
Inessive	mieran	mierajn
Elative	mierast mieras	mierajst mierajs
Comitative	mierajn	mieraj
Essive	mierran

Alternative forms

• miedda

Further reading

• mierra in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland