Pite Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swedish departement, from French département, from Old French département.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /deˈparteˌmɛnːta/, [deˈparteˌmɛnːta]

Noun edit

departemännta

  1. department

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, nnt-nt gradation
Nominative departemännta
Genitive departemienta
Singular Plural
Nominative departemännta departemienta
Accusative departemientav departemientajt
Genitive departemienta departemientaj
Illative departemänntaj departemientajda
Inessive departemientan departemientajn
Elative departemientast
departemientas
departemientajst
departemientajs
Comitative departemientajn departemientaj
Essive departemänntan

Further reading edit

  • departemännta in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press