oarri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oarēvē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯rːriː/

Noun

oarˈri

1. squirrel

Inflection

Even i-stem, no gradation
Nominative	oarˈri
Genitive	oarˈri oarˈrẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarˈri	oarˈrit
Accusative	oarˈri	ōrˈriid
Genitive	oarˈri oarˈrẹ	ōrˈriid
Illative	oarˈrái	ōrˈriide
Locative	oarˈris	ōrˈriin
Comitative	ōrˈriin	ōrˈriiguin
Essive	oarˈrin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oarˈrán oarˈráme oarˈrámet 2nd person oarˈrát oarˈráde oarˈrádet 3rd person oarˈris oarˈriska oarˈriset

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