geaidnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keajnō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯jːtnuː/

Noun

geaidnu

1. way, road
2. method, means

Inflection

Even u-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative	geaidnu
Genitive	geainnu geainnọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geaidnu	geainnut
Accusative	geainnu	geainnūid
Genitive	geainnu geainnọ	geainnūid
Illative	gēidnui	geainnūide
Locative	geainnus	geainnūin
Comitative	geainnūin	geainnūiguin
Essive	geaidnun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gēidnon gēidnome gēidnomet 2nd person gēidnot gēidnode gēidnodet 3rd person geaidnus geaidnuska geaidnuset

Derived terms

• Guovdageaidnu

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