Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *seajnē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

seaidni

  1. wall

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative seaidni
Genitive seainni
seainnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative seaidni seainnit
Accusative seainni sēinniid
Genitive seainni
seainnẹ
sēinniid
Illative seaidnái sēinniide
Locative seainnis sēinniin
Comitative sēinniin sēinniiguin
Essive seaidnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person seaidnán seaidnáme seaidnámet
2nd person seaidnát seaidnáde seaidnádet
3rd person seaidnis seaidniska seaidniset

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