njune

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ńunē.

Noun

njuṇe

1. nose
2. snout

Inflection

Even e-stem, ṇ-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^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland