eanu

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯nuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *eanōj.

Noun

eanu

1. maternal uncle, one's mother's brother

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, dn-n gradation
Nominative	eanu
Genitive	ēdno
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eanu	ēdnot
Accusative	ēdno	ēdnuid
Genitive	ēdno	ēdnuid
Illative	ēdnui	ēdnuide
Locative	ēdnos	ēdnuin
Comitative	ēdnuin	ēdnuiguin
Essive	eanun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ēdnon ēdnome ēdnomet 2nd person ēdnot ēdnode ēdnodet 3rd person ēdnos ēdnoska ēdnoset

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eanu

1. accusative/genitive singular of eatnu