oažži

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *oańčē.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈoɑ̯dːd͡ʒiː/

Noun[edit]

oažži

  1. meat
  2. flesh

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative oažži
Genitive oačči
oaččẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative oažži oaččit
Accusative oačči ōččiid
Genitive oačči
oaččẹ
ōččiid
Illative oažžái ōččiide
Locative oaččis ōččiin
Comitative ōččiin ōččiiguin
Essive oažžin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oažžán oažžáme oažžámet
2nd person oažžát oažžáde oažžádet
3rd person oažžis oažžiska oažžiset

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland