Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Samic *ńukčë.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

njukča

  1. swan

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, -včč gradation
Nominative njukča
Genitive njuvčča
Singular Plural
Nominative njukča njuvččat
Accusative njuvčča njuvččaid
Genitive njuvčča njuvččaid
Illative njukčii njuvččaide
Locative njuvččas njuvččain
Comitative njuvččain njuvččaiguin
Essive njukčan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njukčan njukčame njukčamet
2nd person njukčat njukčade njukčadet
3rd person njukčas njukčaska njukčaset

Further reading edit

  • 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