deminutiiva

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish deminutiivi.

Noun

deminutiiva

1. (grammar) diminutive

Inflection

Even a-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative	deminutiiva
Genitive	deminutiivva
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deminutiiva	deminutiivvat
Accusative	deminutiivva	deminutiivvaid
Genitive	deminutiivva	deminutiivvaid
Illative	deminutiivii	deminutiivvaide
Locative	deminutiivvas	deminutiivvain
Comitative	deminutiivvain	deminutiivvaiguin
Essive	deminutiivan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person deminutiivan deminutiivame deminutiivamet 2nd person deminutiivat deminutiivade deminutiivadet 3rd person deminutiivas deminutiivaska deminutiivaset

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