eadni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eannē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯dːniː/

Noun

eadni

1. mother

Inflection

Even i-stem, dn-tn gradation
Nominative	eadni
Genitive	eatni eatnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eadni	eatnit
Accusative	eatni	ētniid
Genitive	eatni eatnẹ	ētniid
Illative	eadnái	ētniide
Locative	eatnis	ētniin
Comitative	ētniin	ētniiguin
Essive	eadnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person eadnán eadnáme eadnámet 2nd person eadnát eadnáde eadnádet 3rd person eadnis eadniska eadniset

Derived terms

• eadnespiidni
• eatnigiella

 

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