Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *muorjē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuo̯rːjiː/

Noun

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muorji

  1. berry

Inflection

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Even i-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative muorji
Genitive muorjji
muorjjẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative muorji muorjjit
Accusative muorjji mūrjjiid
Genitive muorjji
muorjjẹ
mūrjjiid
Illative muorjái mūrjjiide
Locative muorjjis mūrjjiin
Comitative mūrjjiin mūrjjiiguin
Essive muorjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person muorján muorjáme muorjámet
2nd person muorját muorjáde muorjádet
3rd person muorjis muorjiska muorjiset

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