oarri

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oarēvē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoɑ̯rːriː/

Noun

oarˈri

  1. squirrel

Inflection
Even i-stem, no gradation
Nominative oarˈri
Genitive oarˈri
oarˈrẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative oarˈri oarˈrit
Accusative oarˈri ōrˈriid
Genitive oarˈri
oarˈrẹ		 ōrˈriid
Illative oarˈrái ōrˈriide
Locative oarˈris ōrˈriin
Comitative ōrˈriin ōrˈriiguin
Essive oarˈrin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oarˈrán oarˈráme oarˈrámet
2nd person oarˈrát oarˈráde oarˈrádet
3rd person oarˈris oarˈriska oarˈriset

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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