Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Norwegian institusjon, ultimately from Latin institūtiō.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

institušuvdna

  1. institution, institute

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative institušuvdna
Genitive institušuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative institušuvdna institušuvnnat
Accusative institušuvnna institušuvnnaid
Genitive institušuvnna institušuvnnaid
Illative institušuvdnii institušuvnnaide
Locative institušuvnnas institušuvnnain
Comitative institušuvnnain institušuvnnaiguin
Essive institušuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person institušuvdnan institušuvdname institušuvdnamet
2nd person institušuvdnat institušuvdnade institušuvdnadet
3rd person institušuvdnas institušuvdnaska institušuvdnaset

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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