Fruits

1. eappel

   Apple

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. The variants ebel and eahppel also exist; eappel is used here

2. banána

   Banana

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. North Sami has neither articles nor grammatical gender

3. appelsiidna

   Orange

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   This is the fruit; the colour "orange" is a different word, oránša

4. viidnemuorji

   Grape

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   A compound: viidni "wine" + muorji "berry" gives "grape"

5. eanamuorji

   Strawberry

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   A compound: eana "ground" + muorji "berry". muorji is the general word for berry

6. čáhcemelovdna

   Watermelon

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   A compound: čáhci "water" + melovdna "melon". melovdna alone means "melon"

7. ananas

   Pineapple

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   The spelling anánas, with an accent, also occurs

8. sitrovdna

   Lemon

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. North Sami has neither articles nor grammatical gender

9. peara

   Pear

   Usage

   The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. North Sami has neither articles nor grammatical gender

10. lupmu

    Plum

    Usage

    The name of a fruit; works well together with pointing

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. North Sami has neither articles nor grammatical gender

11. luomi

    Cloudberry

    Usage

    The name of a berry typical of the Sami homeland

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. A berry of northern bogs, typical of the Sami homeland

12. jokŋa

    Lingonberry

    Usage

    The name of a berry common in the Sami homeland

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. The ŋ is the "ng" of English sing

13. sarrit

    Blueberry

    Usage

    The name of a berry common in the Sami homeland

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. A shorter variant, sarri, also occurs

14. muorji

    Berry

    Usage

    The general word for berries

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. The general word for berry; it is also the second part of compounds such as eanamuorji

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