Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norwegian innovasjon, ultimately from Latin innovātiō.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

innovašuvdna

  1. innovation

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative innovašuvdna
Genitive innovašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative innovašuvdna innovašuvnnat
Accusative innovašuvnna innovašuvnnaid
Genitive innovašuvnna innovašuvnnaid
Illative innovašuvdnii innovašuvnnaide
Locative innovašuvnnas innovašuvnnain
Comitative innovašuvnnain innovašuvnnaiguin
Essive innovašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person innovašuvdnan innovašuvdname innovašuvdnamet
2nd person innovašuvdnat innovašuvdnade innovašuvdnadet
3rd person innovašuvdnas innovašuvdnaska innovašuvdnaset

Further reading edit

  • 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