ivdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ivnē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈivːtniː/

Noun

ivdni

1. colour/color

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	ivdni
Genitive	ivnni ivnnẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ivdni	ivnnit
Accusative	ivnni	ivnniid
Genitive	ivnni ivnnẹ	ivnniid
Illative	ivdnái	ivnniide
Locative	ivnnis	ivnniin
Comitative	ivnniin	ivnniiguin
Essive	ivdnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ivdnán ivdnáme ivdnámet 2nd person ivdnát ivdnáde ivdnádet 3rd person ivdnis ivdniska ivdniset

Derived terms

• ivdnet

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