Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ńoamēlē, from Proto-Uralic *ńomala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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njoammil

  1. hare

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative njoammil
Genitive njoammila
Singular Plural
Nominative njoammil njoammilat
Accusative njoammila njoammiliid
Genitive njoammila njoammiliid
Illative njoammilii njoammiliidda
Locative njoammilis njoammiliin
Comitative njoammiliin njoammiliiguin
Essive njoammilin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njoammilan njoammileamẹ njoammileamẹt
2nd person njoammilat njoammileattẹ njoammileattẹt
3rd person njoammilis njoammileaskkạ njoammileasẹt

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