Inari Sami edit

Etymology edit

Possibly borrowed from Swedish jätte (giant) or Finnish jätti. Related to Northern Sami jiehtanas.

Noun edit

jieˈtânâs

  1. giant

Inflection edit

Inflection of jietânâs
singular plural
Nominative jietânâs jietânâsah
Accusative jietânâs jietânâsâid
Genitive jietânâs jietânâsâi
Illative jietânâsân jietânâssáid
Locative jietânâsâst jietânâsâin
Comitative jietânâssáin jietânâsâiguin
Abessive jietânâsttáá jietânâsâittáá
Essive jietânâssân
Partitive jietânâssâd

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