Pharmacy & Health

1. apotehka

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   For finding or pointing to a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A loan from Norwegian apotek. The spelling apteaika also occurs; apotehka is used here

2. Gos lea apotehka?

   Where is the pharmacy?

   Usage

   For asking the way to a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. Question word first, the same pattern as "Where is the nearest bus stop?"

3. dálkkas

   Medicine

   Usage

   For asking for or about medicine

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. The basic word at a pharmacy

4. oaivebávččas

   Headache

   Usage

   To name a headache

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A compound of oaivi "head" and bávččas "pain"

5. čoavjebávččas

   Stomach ache

   Usage

   To describe a pain in the stomach or belly

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A compound of čoavji "stomach" and bávččas "pain"

6. lužohat

   Diarrhoea

   Usage

   To name the symptom of diarrhoea

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. In running text the stem changes, as in lužohahkan

7. báhkkadávda

   Fever

   Usage

   To name a fever

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A compound of báhkka "heat" and dávda "illness"

8. allergiija

   Allergy

   Usage

   To say you have an allergy

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A loan adapted from Norwegian allergi

9. termomehter

   Thermometer

   Usage

   Point to it at a pharmacy

   Grammar Note

   A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. A loanword. Context shows whether it is a body or room thermometer

10. loasttar

    Adhesive plaster

    Usage

    For finding a sticking plaster

    Grammar Note

    A noun; North Sami has no gender or articles. The word corresponding to Norwegian plaster

11. Mus lea oaivebávččas

    I have a headache

    Usage

    To tell a pharmacist or host you have a headache

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. "To have" is "at me there is" (Mus lea …). Mus is singular "I"; for two people or a group the pronouns change

12. Mus lea čoavjebávččas

    I have a stomach ache

    Usage

    To tell a pharmacist you have a stomach ache

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The Mus lea … pattern ("at me there is"). Mus is singular "I"; for two people or a group the pronouns change

13. Mus lea báhkkadávda

    I have a fever

    Usage

    To tell a pharmacist or host you have a fever

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The Mus lea … pattern ("at me there is"). Mus is singular "I"; for two people or a group the pronouns change

14. Mus lea allergiija

    I have an allergy

    Usage

    To say you have an allergy. What it is to must be said separately

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence from known words and a known pattern. The Mus lea … pattern ("at me there is"). Mus is singular "I"; for two people or a group the pronouns change

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