See also: ruona

Inari Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *ruoŋë.

Noun edit

ruoŋ̣â

  1. conditions with relatively little snow

Inflection edit

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 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