Sveerje

Southern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Sverige.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsveːrje], [ˈsʋeːrje]
  • Syllabification: Svee‧rje

Noun

Sveerje

  1. Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
    Manne Sveerjesne årroemI live in Sweden

Inflection

Even e-stem
Nominative Sveerje
Genitive Sveerjen
Singular Plural
Nominative Sveerje
Accusative Sveerjem
Genitive Sveerjen
Illative Sveerjese
Inessive Sveerjesne
Elative Sveerjeste
Comitative Sveerjine
Essive Sveerjine

Compounds

  • sveerjengïele

References

  • Sveerje at Giellatekno Webdict
  • 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