Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *lëńë.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlatɲa/

Noun

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latnja

  1. room

Inflection

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Even a-stem, tnj-nj gradation
Nominative latnja
Genitive lanja
Singular Plural
Nominative latnja lanjat
Accusative lanja lanjaid
Genitive lanja lanjaid
Illative latnjii lanjaide
Locative lanjas lanjain
Comitative lanjain lanjaiguin
Essive latnjan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person latnjan latnjame latnjamet
2nd person latnjat latnjade latnjadet
3rd person latnjas latnjaska latnjaset

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