Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ńurkōj.

Noun

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njurgoj

  1. common scoter, Melanitta nigra

Inflection

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Contracted o-stem, rgg-rg gradation
Nominative njurgoj
Genitive njurggu
Singular Plural
Nominative njurgoj njurggu
Accusative njurgguv njurgguj
Genitive njurggu njurggujt
Illative njurgguj njurggujda
Inessive njurggun njurggujn
Elative njurggus njurggujs
Comitative njurggujn njurgguj
Abessive njurggudagá
njurggudagi
njurggujdagá
njurggujdagi
Essive njurgon
njurggun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njurggum njurgguma njurgguma
2nd person njurggut njurgguda njurgguda
3rd person njurggus njurgguska njurggusa

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