ruoŋâ

See also: ruona

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruoŋë.

Noun

ruoŋ̣â

1. conditions with relatively little snow

Inflection

Even â-stem, ŋ̣-ŋ gradation
Nominative	ruoŋ̣â
Genitive	ruoŋâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruoŋ̣â	ruoŋah
Accusative	ruoŋâ	ruoŋâid
Genitive	ruoŋâ	ruoˈŋâi ruoŋâi
Illative	ruoŋ̣ân	ruoŋáid
Locative	ruoŋâst	ruoŋâin
Comitative	ruoŋáin	ruoˈŋâiguin
Abessive	ruoˈŋâttáá	ruoˈŋâittáá
Essive	ruoŋŋân
Partitive	ruoŋŋâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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