mearra

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mearë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmea̯rra/

Noun

mearra

1. sea

Inflection

Even a-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	mearra
Genitive	meara
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mearra	mearat
Accusative	meara	mearaid
Genitive	meara	mearaid
Illative	mērrii	mearaide
Locative	mearas	mearain
Comitative	mearain	mearaiguin
Essive	mearran
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person mearran mearrame mearramet 2nd person mearrat mearrade mearradet 3rd person mearras mearraska mearraset

Derived terms

• mearaguolli

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