niehte

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *neatē.

Noun

niehte

1. pine marten, Martes martes
2. marten in general, any species of Martes

Inflection

Even e-stem, ht-d gradation
Nominative	niehte
Genitive	niede
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	niehte	niede
Accusative	niedev	niedijt
Genitive	niede	niedij
Illative	nähtáj	niedijda
Inessive	nieden	niedijn
Elative	niedes	niedijs
Comitative	niedijn	niedij
Abessive	niededagá niededagi	niedijdagá niedijdagi
Essive	niehten
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person nähtám nähtáma nähtáma 2nd person nähtát nähtáda nähtáda 3rd person niehtes niehteska niehtesa

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