Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *soajē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsoɑ̯ɟɟiː/

Noun

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soadji

  1. wing
  2. sleeve (of clothing)

Inflection

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Even i-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative soadji
Genitive soaji
soajẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soadji soajit
Accusative soaji sōjiid
Genitive soaji
soajẹ
sōjiid
Illative soadjái sōjiide
Locative soajis sōjiin
Comitative sōjiin sōjiiguin
Essive soadjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soadján soadjáme soadjámet
2nd person soadját soadjáde soadjádet
3rd person soadjis soadjiska soadjiset

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