jiehtanas

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Inari Sami jietânâs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jiehtanas

1. giant

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	jiehtanas
Genitive	jiehtanasa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jiehtanas	jiehtanasat
Accusative	jiehtanasa	jiehtanasaid
Genitive	jiehtanasa	jiehtanasaid
Illative	jiehtanassii	jiehtanasaide
Locative	jiehtanasas	jiehtanasain
Comitative	jiehtanasain	jiehtanasaiguin
Essive	jiehtanassan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jiehtanassan jiehtanassame jiehtanassamet 2nd person jiehtanassat jiehtanassade jiehtanassadet 3rd person jiehtanassas jiehtanassaska jiehtanassaset

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