njune

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńunē.

Noun

njuṇe

  1. nose
  2. snout

Inflection

Even e-stem, -n gradation
Nominative njuṇe
Genitive njune
Singular Plural
Nominative njuṇe njuneh
Accusative njune njuunijd
Genitive njune njunij
njuunij
Illative njuṇán njuunijd
Locative njuuneest njuunijn
Comitative njuunijn njunijguin
Abessive njunettáá njunijttáá
Essive njunneen
Partitive njunneed
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading

  • njune in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje, Tromsø: UiT
  • 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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