nioba

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian niob.

Noun

niōba

1. niobium

Inflection

Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative	niōba
Genitive	niōba
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	niōba	niōbat
Accusative	niōba	niōbaid
Genitive	niōba	niōbaid
Illative	niōbii	niōbaide
Locative	niōbas	niōbain
Comitative	niōbain	niōbaiguin
Essive	niōban
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person niōban niōbame niōbamet 2nd person niōbat niōbade niōbadet 3rd person niōbas niōbaska niōbaset

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