See also: nieidâ

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *niejtë.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

nieida

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative nieida
Genitive nieidda
Singular Plural
Nominative nieida nieiddat
Accusative nieidda nieiddaid
Genitive nieidda nieiddaid
Illative nīidii nieiddaide
Locative nieiddas nieiddain
Comitative nieiddain nieiddaiguin
Essive nieidan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nieidan nieidame nieidamet
2nd person nieidat nieidade nieidadet
3rd person nieidas nieidaska nieidaset

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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