ádji

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ājē.

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

Noun

ádji

  1. delay
  2. break, gap, hiatus
  3. sojourn, stay

Inflection
Even i-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative ádji
Genitive áji
ájẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ádji ájit
Accusative áji ájiid
Genitive áji
ájẹ		 ájiid
Illative ádjái ájiide
Locative ájis ájiin
Comitative ájiin ájiiguin
Essive ádjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ádján ádjáme ádjámet
2nd person ádját ádjáde ádjádet
3rd person ádjis ádjiska ádjiset

Derived terms

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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