Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *sëjē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaɟɟiː/

Noun

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sadji

  1. place, location
  2. place, position
  3. condition, situation

Inflection

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Even i-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative sadji
Genitive saji
sajẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sadji sajit
Accusative saji sajiid
Genitive saji
sajẹ
sajiid
Illative sadjái sajiide
Locative sajis sajiin
Comitative sajiin sajiiguin
Essive sadjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sadján sadjáme sadjámet
2nd person sadját sadjáde sadjádet
3rd person sadjis sadjiska sadjiset

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