jietna

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *jienë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjie̯tna/

Noun

jietna

1. sound
2. voice
3. vote (instance of voting)

Declension

Even a-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative	jietna
Genitive	jiena
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jietna	jienat
Accusative	jiena	jienaid
Genitive	jiena	jienaid
Illative	jītnii	jienaide
Locative	jienas	jienain
Comitative	jienain	jienaiguin
Essive	jietnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person jietnan jietname jietnamet 2nd person jietnat jietnade jietnadet 3rd person jietnas jietnaska jietnaset

Derived terms

• jietnadit
• jienastit

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