čearru

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čearō.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃea̯rruː/
  • Homophone: Čearru

Noun

čearru

  1. vegetation-poor high mountain stretch

Inflection
Even u-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative čearru
Genitive čearu
čearọ
Singular Plural
Nominative čearru čearut
Accusative čearu čearūid
Genitive čearu
čearọ		 čearūid
Illative čērrui čearūide
Locative čearus čearūin
Comitative čearūin čearūiguin
Essive čearrun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čērron čērrome čērromet
2nd person čērrot čērrode čērrodet
3rd person čearrus čearruska čearruset

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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