girrje

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Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kirjē.

Pronunciation

Noun

girrje

  1. book

Inflection

Even e-stem, rrj-rj gradation
Nominative girrje
Genitive girje
Singular Plural
Nominative girrje girje
Accusative girjev girjijt
Genitive girje girjij
Illative girrjáj girjijda
Inessive girjen girjijn
Elative girjest
girjes
girjijst
girjijs
Comitative girjijn girjij
Essive girrjen

Further reading

  • girrje in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • 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
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press