deatnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯tnuː/

Noun

deatnu

1. large river

Inflection

Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative	deatnu
Genitive	deanu deanọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deatnu	deanut
Accusative	deanu	deanūid
Genitive	deanu deanọ	deanūid
Illative	dētnui	deanūide
Locative	deanus	deanūin
Comitative	deanūin	deanūiguin
Essive	deatnun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dētnon dētnome dētnomet 2nd person dētnot dētnode dētnodet 3rd person deatnus deatnuska deatnuset

Derived terms

• Deatnu

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