Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Uncertain; rendered into Norwegian and Swedish as Ragna or Ragnhild, and possibly derived from them.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈraːvːtnaː/

Proper noun

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Rávdná

  1. a female given name

Descendants

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  • Finnish: Rauna

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