Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

spierˈru

  1. shoal of fish

Inflection edit

Even u-stem, rˈr-rr gradation
Nominative spierˈru
Genitive spierru
spierrọ
Singular Plural
Nominative spierˈru spierrut
Accusative spierru spierrūid
Genitive spierru
spierrọ
spierrūid
Illative spīrˈrui spierrūide
Locative spierrus spierrūin
Comitative spierrūin spierrūiguin
Essive spierˈrun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person spīrˈron spīrˈrome spīrˈromet
2nd person spīrˈrot spīrˈrode spīrˈrodet
3rd person spierˈrus spierˈruska spierˈruset

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