Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian mekanisme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mekanisma

  1. mechanism

Inflection

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Even a-stem, sm-smm gradation
Nominative mekanisma
Genitive mekanismma
Singular Plural
Nominative mekanisma mekanismmat
Accusative mekanismma mekanismmaid
Genitive mekanismma mekanismmaid
Illative mekanismii mekanismmaide
Locative mekanismmas mekanismmain
Comitative mekanismmain mekanismmaiguin
Essive mekanisman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mekanisman mekanismame mekanismamet
2nd person mekanismat mekanismade mekanismadet
3rd person mekanismas mekanismaska mekanismaset

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