Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian innovasjon, ultimately from Latin innovātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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innovašuvdna

  1. innovation

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative innovašuvdna
Genitive innovašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative innovašuvdna innovašuvnnat
Accusative innovašuvnna innovašuvnnaid
Genitive innovašuvnna innovašuvnnaid
Illative innovašuvdnii innovašuvnnaide
Locative innovašuvnnas innovašuvnnain
Comitative innovašuvnnain innovašuvnnaiguin
Essive innovašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person innovašuvdnan innovašuvdname innovašuvdnamet
2nd person innovašuvdnat innovašuvdnade innovašuvdnadet
3rd person innovašuvdnas innovašuvdnaska innovašuvdnaset

Further reading

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  • 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