vearju

Northern Sami

Etymology

Maybe from Swedish värja (“blade, rapier, sword”). Related to Inari Sami viärju.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvea̯rːjuː/

Noun

vearju

1. weapon

Inflection

Even u-stem, rj-rjj gradation
Nominative	vearju
Genitive	vearjju vearjjọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vearju	vearjjut
Accusative	vearjju	vearjjūid
Genitive	vearjju vearjjọ	vearjjūid
Illative	vērjui	vearjjūide
Locative	vearjjus	vearjjūin
Comitative	vearjjūin	vearjjūiguin
Essive	vearjun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vērjon vērjome vērjomet 2nd person vērjot vērjode vērjodet 3rd person vearjus vearjuska vearjuset

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