njunni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńunē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲunniː/

Noun

njunni

1. nose
2. beak
3. bow of a boat or ship

Inflection

Even i-stem, nn-n gradation
Nominative	njunni
Genitive	njuni njunẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njunni	njunit
Accusative	njuni	njuniid
Genitive	njuni njunẹ	njuniid
Illative	njunnái	njuniide
Locative	njunis	njuniin
Comitative	njuniin	njuniiguin
Essive	njunnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njunnán njunnáme njunnámet 2nd person njunnát njunnáde njunnádet 3rd person njunnis njunniska njunniset

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