Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian posisjon, ultimately from Latin positiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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posišuvdna

  1. position (location)
  2. position (state, status)

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative posišuvdna
Genitive posišuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative posišuvdna posišuvnnat
Accusative posišuvnna posišuvnnaid
Genitive posišuvnna posišuvnnaid
Illative posišuvdnii posišuvnnaide
Locative posišuvnnas posišuvnnain
Comitative posišuvnnain posišuvnnaiguin
Essive posišuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person posišuvdnan posišuvdname posišuvdnamet
2nd person posišuvdnat posišuvdnade posišuvdnadet
3rd person posišuvdnas posišuvdnaska posišuvdnaset

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