Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norwegian delegasjon, ultimately from Latin dēlēgātiō.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

delegašuvdna

  1. delegation

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative delegašuvdna
Genitive delegašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative delegašuvdna delegašuvnnat
Accusative delegašuvnna delegašuvnnaid
Genitive delegašuvnna delegašuvnnaid
Illative delegašuvdnii delegašuvnnaide
Locative delegašuvnnas delegašuvnnain
Comitative delegašuvnnain delegašuvnnaiguin
Essive delegašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person delegašuvdnan delegašuvdname delegašuvdnamet
2nd person delegašuvdnat delegašuvdnade delegašuvdnadet
3rd person delegašuvdnas delegašuvdnaska delegašuvdnaset

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