oarre

Lule Sami

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *oarē.

Noun

oarre

1. cause, reason, pretext

Inflection

Even e-stem, rr-r gradation
Nominative	oarre
Genitive	oare
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarre	oare
Accusative	oarev	å̄rijt
Genitive	oare	å̄rij
Illative	oarráj	å̄rijda
Inessive	oaren	å̄rijn
Elative	oares	å̄rijs
Comitative	å̄rijn	å̄rij
Abessive	oaredagá oaredagi	å̄rijdagá å̄rijdagi
Essive	oarren
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oarrám oarráma oarráma 2nd person oarrát oarráda oarráda 3rd person oarres oarreska oarresa

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Samic *oarēvē.

Noun

oarˈre

1. squirrel

Inflection

Even e-stem, no gradation
Nominative	oarˈre
Genitive	oarˈre
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oarˈre	oarˈre
Accusative	oarˈrev	oarˈrijt
Genitive	oarˈre	oarˈrij
Illative	oarˈráj	oarˈrijda
Inessive	oarˈren	oarˈrijn
Elative	oarˈres	oarˈrijs
Comitative	oarˈrijn	oarˈrij
Abessive	oarˈredagá oarˈredagi	oarˈrijdagá oarˈrijdagi
Essive	oarˈren
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oarˈrám oarˈráma oarˈráma 2nd person oarˈrát oarˈráda oarˈráda 3rd person oarˈres oarˈreska oarˈresa

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland