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^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland