maahâ

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mākë.

Noun

maahâ

1. brother-in-law

Inflection

Even â-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative	maahâ
Genitive	maaṿâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maahâ	maaṿah
Accusative	maaṿâ	maaṿâid
Genitive	maaṿâ	maṿâi maaṿâi
Illative	maahân	mavvaid
Locative	maaṿâst	maaṿâin
Comitative	mavvain	maṿâiguin
Abessive	maṿâttáá	maṿâittáá
Essive	maaḥân
Partitive	maaḥâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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