oažži

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oańčē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oažži

1. meat
2. flesh

Inflection

Even i-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative	oažži
Genitive	oačči oaččẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oažži	oaččit
Accusative	oačči	ōččiid
Genitive	oačči oaččẹ	ōččiid
Illative	oažžái	ōččiide
Locative	oaččis	ōččiin
Comitative	ōččiin	ōččiiguin
Essive	oažžin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oažžán oažžáme oažžámet 2nd person oažžát oažžáde oažžádet 3rd person oažžis oažžiska oažžiset

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