gordni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kornē, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kurną.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkorːtniː/

Noun

gordni

1. grain

Inflection

Even i-stem, rdn-rtn gradation
Nominative	gordni
Genitive	gortni gortnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gordni	gortnit
Accusative	gortni	gortniid
Genitive	gortni gortnẹ	gortniid
Illative	gordnái	gortniide
Locative	gortnis	gortniin
Comitative	gortniin	gortniiguin
Essive	gordnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gordnán gordnáme gordnámet 2nd person gordnát gordnáde gordnádet 3rd person gordnis gordniska gordniset

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