njunnje

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńunē.

Noun

njunnje

  1. nose
  2. snout
  3. beak

Inflection
Even e-stem, nnj-nj gradation
Nominative njunnje
Genitive njunje
Singular Plural
Nominative njunnje njunje
Accusative njunjev njunjijt
Genitive njunje njunjij
Illative njunnjáj njunjijda
Inessive njunjen njunjijn
Elative njunjes njunjijs
Comitative njunjijn njunjij
Abessive njunjedagá
njunjedagi		 njunjijdagá
njunjijdagi
Essive njunnjen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person njunnjám njunnjáma njunnjáma
2nd person njunnját njunnjáda njunnjáda
3rd person njunnjes njunnjeska njunnjesa

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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