Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Finnish emäntä.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯miːh(t)/

Noun edit

eamit

  1. wife

Inflection edit

Odd, no gradation
Nominative eamit
Genitive eamida
Singular Plural
Nominative eamit eamidat
Accusative eamida eamidiid
Genitive eamida eamidiid
Illative eamidii eamidiidda
Locative eamidis eamidiin
Comitative eamidiin eamidiiguin
Essive eamidin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person eamidan eamideamẹ eamideamẹt
2nd person eamidat eamideattẹ eamideattẹt
3rd person eamidis eamideaskkạ eamideasẹt

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