Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *miesē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmie̯ssiː/

Noun

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miessi

  1. reindeer calf

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative miessi
Genitive miesi
miesẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative miessi miesit
Accusative miesi mīsiid
Genitive miesi
miesẹ
mīsiid
Illative miessái mīsiide
Locative miesis mīsiin
Comitative mīsiin mīsiiguin
Essive miessin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person miessán miessáme miessámet
2nd person miessát miessáde miessádet
3rd person miessis miessiska miessiset

Derived terms

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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