heavdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)eavnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heavdni

1. spider

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	heavdni
Genitive	heavnni heavnnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	heavdni	heavnnit
Accusative	heavnni	hēvnniid
Genitive	heavnni heavnnẹ	hēvnniid
Illative	heavdnái	hēvnniide
Locative	heavnnis	hēvnniin
Comitative	hēvnniin	hēvnniiguin
Essive	heavdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person heavdnán heavdnáme heavdnámet 2nd person heavdnát heavdnáde heavdnádet 3rd person heavdnis heavdniska heavdniset

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