njierrá

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲie̯rraː/

Noun

njierrá

1. mouse

Inflection

Even á-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	njierrá
Genitive	njierá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njierrá	njierát
Accusative	njierá	njieráid
Genitive	njierá	njieráid
Illative	njierrái	njieráide
Locative	njierás	njieráin
Comitative	njieráin	njieráiguin
Essive	njierrán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njierrán njierráme njierrámet 2nd person njierrát njierráde njierrádet 3rd person njierrás njierráska njierráset

Alternative forms

• šnjierrá

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