Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kausatiiva

  1. (grammar) causative

Inflection

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Even a-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative kausatiiva
Genitive kausatiivva
Singular Plural
Nominative kausatiiva kausatiivvat
Accusative kausatiivva kausatiivvaid
Genitive kausatiivva kausatiivvaid
Illative kausatiivii kausatiivvaide
Locative kausatiivvas kausatiivvain
Comitative kausatiivvain kausatiivvaiguin
Essive kausatiivan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person kausatiivan kausatiivame kausatiivamet
2nd person kausatiivat kausatiivade kausatiivadet
3rd person kausatiivas kausatiivaska kausatiivaset

Further reading

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  • 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