Vehicles

1. biila

   Car

   Usage

   The general word for a car; it is also the last part of many compounds

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. Compounds include guorbmebiila (truck) and buohccebiila (ambulance)

2. busse

   Bus

   Usage

   The general word for a bus; can be shown to a driver or at a stop

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender

3. linnjábiila

   Route bus

   Usage

   The word for a bus running on a fixed route

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. It has the shape of a compound (linnjá "line" + biila "car")

4. toga

   Train

   Usage

   The word for a train; a train station is togastašuvdna

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. A variant with the same meaning is juná

5. tákse

   Taxi

   Usage

   The word for a taxi; the driver is a táksevuoddji

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. A variant drošše, from the Norwegian drosje, also occurs

6. mohtorsihkkel

   Motorcycle

   Usage

   The word for a motorcycle

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. A compound (mohtor "motor" + sihkkel "bicycle")

7. mopeda

   Moped

   Usage

   The word for a moped

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender

8. sihkkel

   Bicycle

   Usage

   The word for a bicycle

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender

9. girdi

   Airplane

   Usage

   The word for an airplane; an airport is girdišillju

   Grammar Note

   Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. The form can coincide with forms of the verb girdit "to fly"

10. fanas

    Boat

    Usage

    The word for a boat; used on lakes, rivers and the sea

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender

11. skiipa

    Ship

    Usage

    The word for a large ship

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender

12. ambulánsa

    Ambulance

    Usage

    The word for an ambulance

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. The compound buohccebiila has the same meaning

13. guorbmebiila

    Truck

    Usage

    The word for a truck

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. It has the shape of a compound (guorbmi "load" + biila "car")

14. mohtorgielká

    Snowmobile

    Usage

    A vehicle for travelling on snow and ice, used in the winter north

    Grammar Note

    Nominative singular. There are no articles or grammatical gender. Other names are muohtaskohter and skohter

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