kaniidna

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kaniidna

1. rabbit

Inflection

Even a-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative	kaniidna
Genitive	kaniinna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kaniidna	kaniinnat
Accusative	kaniinna	kaniinnaid
Genitive	kaniinna	kaniinnaid
Illative	kaniidnii	kaniinnaide
Locative	kaniinnas	kaniinnain
Comitative	kaniinnain	kaniinnaiguin
Essive	kaniidnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person kaniidnan kaniidname kaniidnamet 2nd person kaniidnat kaniidnade kaniidnadet 3rd person kaniidnas kaniidnaska kaniidnaset

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