poasta

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoɑ̯sːta/

Noun

poasta

1. post, postal service
2. mail

Inflection

Even a-stem, st-stt gradation
Nominative	poasta
Genitive	poastta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	poasta	poasttat
Accusative	poastta	poasttaid
Genitive	poastta	poasttaid
Illative	pōstii	poasttaide
Locative	poasttas	poasttain
Comitative	poasttain	poasttaiguin
Essive	poastan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person poastan poastame poastamet 2nd person poastat poastade poastadet 3rd person poastas poastaska poastaset

Alternative forms

• boasta

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