njuorju

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nuorjō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲuo̯rːjuː/

Noun

njuorju

1. seal (animal)

Inflection

Even u-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative	njuorju
Genitive	njuorjju njuorjjọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njuorju	njuorjjut
Accusative	njuorjju	njuorjjūid
Genitive	njuorjju njuorjjọ	njuorjjūid
Illative	njūrjui	njuorjjūide
Locative	njuorjjus	njuorjjūin
Comitative	njuorjjūin	njuorjjūiguin
Essive	njuorjun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njūrjon njūrjome njūrjomet 2nd person njūrjot njūrjode njūrjodet 3rd person njuorjus njuorjuska njuorjuset

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