nagru

Ingrian

Borrowed from Votic nagru, from Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish nauru and Estonian naer.

nagru

laugh, laughter
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 58:
  Tiukku ja nagru väkevä, kunis oppia ei aleta.
  A game and a loud laugh, until they start to learn.

Declension of nagru (type 4/koivu, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nagru	nagrut
genitive	nagrun	nagruin, nagruloin
partitive	nagrua	nagruja, nagruloja
illative	nagruu	nagrui, nagruloihe
inessive	nagruus	nagruis, nagrulois
elative	nagrust	nagruist, nagruloist
allative	nagrulle	nagruille, nagruloille
adessive	nagruul	nagruil, nagruloil
ablative	nagrult	nagruilt, nagruloilt
translative	nagruks	nagruiks, nagruloiks
essive	nagrunna, nagruun	nagruinna, nagruloinna, nagruin, nagruloin
exessive¹⁾	nagrunt	nagruint, nagruloint
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.

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 333

From Proto-Finnic *nakru. Equivalent to nagra +‎ -u.

nagru

Declension of nagru (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nagru	nagrud
genitive	nagru	nagrujõ, nagrui
partitive	nagrua	nagruitõ, nagrui
illative	nagrusõ, nagru	nagruisõ
inessive	nagruz	nagruiz
elative	nagrussõ	nagruissõ
allative	nagrulõ	nagruilõ
adessive	nagrullõ	nagruillõ
ablative	nagrultõ	nagruiltõ
translative	nagrussi	nagruissi
^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the terminative** is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ^*) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nagru”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn