suonjar

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsuo̯ɲar/

Noun

suonjar

1. ray, beam (of light)

Inflection

Odd, tnj-nj gradation
Nominative	suonjar
Genitive	suotnjara
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suonjar	suotnjarat
Accusative	suotnjara	suotnjariid
Genitive	suotnjara	suotnjariid
Illative	suotnjarii	suotnjariidda
Locative	suotnjaris	suotnjariin
Comitative	suotnjariin	suotnjariiguin
Essive	suonjarin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person suotnjaran suotnjareamẹ suotnjareamẹt 2nd person suotnjarat suotnjareattẹ suotnjareattẹt 3rd person suotnjaris suotnjareaskkạ suotnjareasẹt

Derived terms

• suonjardit

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