duotna

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuonë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯tna/

Noun

duotna

1. poor thing; helpless, pitiful person

Inflection

Even a-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative	duotna
Genitive	duona
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duotna	duonat
Accusative	duona	duonaid
Genitive	duona	duonaid
Illative	dūtnii	duonaide
Locative	duonas	duonain
Comitative	duonain	duonaiguin
Essive	duotnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duotnan duotname duotnamet 2nd person duotnat duotnade duotnadet 3rd person duotnas duotnaska duotnaset

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