duvdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuvːtniː/

Noun

duvdni

1. rubbish dump

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	duvdni
Genitive	duvnni duvnnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duvdni	duvnnit
Accusative	duvnni	duvnniid
Genitive	duvnni duvnnẹ	duvnniid
Illative	duvdnái	duvnniide
Locative	duvnnis	duvnniin
Comitative	duvnniin	duvnniiguin
Essive	duvdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duvdnán duvdnáme duvdnámet 2nd person duvdnát duvdnáde duvdnádet 3rd person duvdnis duvdniska duvdniset

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