Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *(h)eavnē.

Noun

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hievnne

  1. spider

Inflection

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Even e-stem, vnn-vn gradation
Nominative hievnne
Genitive hievne
Singular Plural
Nominative hievnne hievne
Accusative hievnev hievnijt
Genitive hievne hievnij
Illative hävnnáj hievnijda
Inessive hievnen hievnijn
Elative hievnes hievnijs
Comitative hievnijn hievnij
Abessive hievnedagá
hievnedagi
hievnijdagá
hievnijdagi
Essive hievnnen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person hävnnám hävnnáma hävnnáma
2nd person hävnnát hävnnáda hävnnáda
3rd person hievnnes hievnneska hievnnesa

Further reading

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  • 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