Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *nuorjō.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

njuorju

  1. seal (animal)

Inflection edit

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 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