sudja

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian судья (sudʹja).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsudjɑ/, [ˈs̠udi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsudjɑ/, [ˈʃud̥jɑ]
• Rhymes: -udj, -udjɑ
• Hyphenation: sud‧ja

Noun

sudja

1. judge

Declension

Declension of sudja (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	sudja	sudjat
genitive	sudjan	sudjiin
partitive	sudjaa	sudjia
illative	sudjaa	sudjii
inessive	sudjaas	sudjiis
elative	sudjast	sudjist
allative	sudjalle	sudjille
adessive	sudjaal	sudjiil
ablative	sudjalt	sudjilt
translative	sudjaks	sudjiks
essive	sudjanna, sudjaan	sudjinna, sudjiin
exessive1)	sudjant	sudjint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• (obsolete) toomari

See also

• suutia (“to judge”), suuto (“court”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 547

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish syy.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɟɟa/

Noun

sudja

1. reason

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	sudja
Genitive	suja
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sudja	sujat
Accusative	suja	sujaid
Genitive	suja	sujaid
Illative	sudjii	sujaide
Locative	sujas	sujain
Comitative	sujain	sujaiguin
Essive	sudjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sudjan sudjame sudjamet 2nd person sudjat sudjade sudjadet 3rd person sudjas sudjaska sudjaset

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