Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norwegian aksjon, ultimately from Latin actiō.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

akšuvdna

  1. action

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative akšuvdna
Genitive akšuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative akšuvdna akšuvnnat
Accusative akšuvnna akšuvnnaid
Genitive akšuvnna akšuvnnaid
Illative akšuvdnii akšuvnnaide
Locative akšuvnnas akšuvnnain
Comitative akšuvnnain akšuvnnaiguin
Essive akšuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person akšuvdnan akšuvdname akšuvdnamet
2nd person akšuvdnat akšuvdnade akšuvdnadet
3rd person akšuvdnas akšuvdnaska akšuvdnaset

Related terms edit

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