bierdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯rːtniː/

Noun

bierdni

1. bear cub

Inflection

Even i-stem, rdn-rtn gradation
Nominative	bierdni
Genitive	biertni biertnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bierdni	biertnit
Accusative	biertni	bīrtniid
Genitive	biertni biertnẹ	bīrtniid
Illative	bierdnái	bīrtniide
Locative	biertnis	bīrtniin
Comitative	bīrtniin	bīrtniiguin
Essive	bierdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bierdnán bierdnáme bierdnámet 2nd person bierdnát bierdnáde bierdnádet 3rd person bierdnis bierdniska bierdniset

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