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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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