Luondus - In Nature
Northern Sámi vocabulary for the natural world
An enormously long vocabulary list, from this page, translated from Norwegian to English.
albmi (s) sky allat (adj) high almmiguovlu (s) cardinal direction arvedálki (s) rainy weather arvedávgi (s) rainbow arveoakti (s) rainshower arvi (s) rain arvit (v) to rain áhpi (s) ocean áibmu (s) air bajándálki (s) thunderstorm baldu (s) ice floe (as in the thing that polar bears like to hitch a ride on; free floating ice) balva (s) cloud báhkka (s) heat báitit (s) to shine bákti (s) steep mountain often with little vegetation beahci (s) pine beaivi (s) day, sun beaivvádat (s) sunshine beaivváš (s) sun (the sun specifically) bealdu (s) field beassi (s) nest beavža (s) east wind biedju (s) den biegga (s) wind bieggat (v) to blow (of wind) bievla (s) bare ground bivaldit (v) to become milder (of weather) bivdit (v) to hunt bivval (adj) mild boađđu (s) skerry, small rocky outcroppings in the water borga (s) blowing/drifting snow bossut (v) to blow bovdna (s) tussock/mound buolaš (adj) cold ceakkus (adj) steep coagis (adj) shallow cuoŋu (s) crust (on snow) čáhppesmuorji (s) blackberry čáppadálki (s) nice weather čielgi (s) ridge (means back, as in “my back hurts” and there inlies a tale, or several. Involving giants.) čierastallat (v) to slide multiple times čierastit (v) to slide once čieŋal (adj) deep čoaggit (v) to pick čoaskkis (adj) cool čoaskut (v) to cool čuoigalit (v) to ski away čuoigat (v) to ski čuoiggadit (v) to ski čuoiggahit (v) to pursue on skies čuorpmastit (v) to hail (as in balls of ice are falling out of the sky, not some Theoden-of-the-Riddermark shit) čuvggodit (v) to lighten dálki (s) weather dárra (s) kelp deappu (s) kelp dolastaddat (v) to have a fire dolastallat (v) to have a fire dolla (s) fire duolbbas (adj) flat duottar (s) tundra, plateau eana (s) land, the Earth… our mother. eananmuorji (s) strawberry eatnu (s) big river fielbmá (s) small slow river fiertu (s) dry/stable/sunny weather fiervá (s) low tide firtet (v) to become dry/stable/sunny weather galmmas (adj) cold gaskaijabeaivváš (s) midnight sun (maybe not so common - idjábeaivváš might be a better term) gaskkas (s) juniper gáddi (s) beach gáisi (s) peak in nature gáisá (s) peak in nature gálašit (v) to wade gárgu (s) rocky river bank gárži (adj) tight geađgi (s) stone gieddi (s) meadow goalki (adj) windless/calm goardit (v) to fry, to roast, to heat or warm (as in sun or fire) gohpi (s) pit gohppi (s) bay goikemuorra (s) dry wood goikkis (adj) dry golgat (adj) to flow (also: hanging with friends, going to different places) golli (s) gold gordni (s) grain (as in bread) gorsa (s) large gorge/deep cleft/narrow valley gorži (s) waterfall govdat (adj) wide guohtun (s) pasture guoldu (s) cold snow guoppar (s) mushroom guossa (s) spruce guovssahasat (s) the Northern Lights gurra (s) cleft, small mountain gap hieibma (s) breeze idjábeaivváš (s) midnight sun jalŋŋis (s) tree stump jaskat (adj) quiet jávregáddi (s) lakefront jávri (s) lake jeaggi (s) marsh/swamp jeagil (s) reindeer moss jiehkki (s) glacier jiekŋa (s) ice jiella (s) weak air current, draft jieret (s) wild currants jogaš (s) small river johka (s) river johkagáddi (s) river bank jokŋa (s) lingonberry juovva (s) scree lasta (s) leaf láttat (s) cloudberry láttu (s) puddle leahki (s) river valley liekkas (adj) warm lieđđi (s) flower lubmet (v) to pick cloudberries luohkká (s) hill luokta (s) bay luomi (s) cloudberry luondu (s) nature luoppal (s) lake-like widening of a river mánnu (s) moon mánoheahpi (s) moonshine meahcci (s) woods mearra (s) sea mearragáddi (s) coast mielli (s) steep river shore mierká (s) fog mohkki (s) turn muohta (s) snow muohtti (s) snow weather muohttit (v) to snow muorji (s) berry muorra (s) tree muotki (s) isthmus murjet (v) to pick berries murret (v) cut/chop wood násti (s) star neavri (adj) awful nisogordni (s) wheat njalkkas (adj) slippery njavvi (s) small rapids njárga (s) headland njuoskkas (adj) wet nuorri (s) strait oaggut (v) to fish with line oaksi (s) branch obbadálki (s) cloudy weather rássi (s) grass/herb/flower reatká (s) juniper rišša (s) splash (or sulfur?) rudni (s) hole in the ice runiidit (v) to turn green ruovdi (s) iron sarrit (s) blueberry savvon (s) pool sáttu (s) sand sevnnjodit (v) to darken siilosuoidni (s) hay siivu (s) lead silba (s) silver soahki (s) birch stoarbma (s) storm suddat (v) to melt sugadit (v) to row suhkat (v) to row suoidni (s) grass suolu (s) island suovva (s) smoke šealgat (s) shinny šlahttit (v) to sleet vággi (s) valley váran (s) raspberry várri (s) mountain viiddis (adj) broad vuotna (s) fjord vuovdi (s) forest