Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norwegian motivasjon.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

motivašuvdna

  1. motivation

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative motivašuvdna
Genitive motivašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative motivašuvdna motivašuvnnat
Accusative motivašuvnna motivašuvnnaid
Genitive motivašuvnna motivašuvnnaid
Illative motivašuvdnii motivašuvnnaide
Locative motivašuvnnas motivašuvnnain
Comitative motivašuvnnain motivašuvnnaiguin
Essive motivašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person motivašuvdnan motivašuvdname motivašuvdnamet
2nd person motivašuvdnat motivašuvdnade motivašuvdnadet
3rd person motivašuvdnas motivašuvdnaska motivašuvdnaset

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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