gievdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiemnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gievdni

1. kettle, cauldron
2. coffeepot
3. pan
4. bucket, pail

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	gievdni
Genitive	gievnni gievnnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gievdni	gievnnit
Accusative	gievnni	gīvnniid
Genitive	gievnni gievnnẹ	gīvnniid
Illative	gievdnái	gīvnniide
Locative	gievnnis	gīvnniin
Comitative	gīvnniin	gīvnniiguin
Essive	gievdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gievdnán gievdnáme gievdnámet 2nd person gievdnát gievdnáde gievdnádet 3rd person gievdnis gievdniska gievdniset

Alternative forms

• giebmi

Derived terms

• Giebmegáisi

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