viessu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *viesō, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*vezōn-) (whence Old Norse vera (“dwelling”)).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvie̯ssuː/

Noun

viessu

1. house

Inflection

Even u-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	viessu
Genitive	viesu viesọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viessu	viesut
Accusative	viesu	viesūid
Genitive	viesu viesọ	viesūid
Illative	vīssui	viesūide
Locative	viesus	viesūin
Comitative	viesūin	viesūiguin
Essive	viessun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person vīsson vīssome vīssomet 2nd person vīssot vīssode vīssodet 3rd person viessus viessuska viessuset

Derived terms

• buohccẹviessu

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