deaddu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From deaddit +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

deaddu

1. weight
2. pressure
3. emphasis, stress

Inflection

Even u-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	deaddu
Genitive	deattu deattọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deaddu	deattut
Accusative	deattu	deattūid
Genitive	deattu deattọ	deattūid
Illative	dēddui	deattūide
Locative	deattus	deattūin
Comitative	deattūin	deattūiguin
Essive	deaddun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dēddon dēddome dēddomet 2nd person dēddot dēddode dēddodet 3rd person deaddus deadduska deadduset

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