sekšuvdna

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian seksjon, ultimately from Latin sectiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sekšuvdna

1. section, division
2. department

Inflection

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	sekšuvdna
Genitive	sekšuvnna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sekšuvdna	sekšuvnnat
Accusative	sekšuvnna	sekšuvnnaid
Genitive	sekšuvnna	sekšuvnnaid
Illative	sekšuvdnii	sekšuvnnaide
Locative	sekšuvnnas	sekšuvnnain
Comitative	sekšuvnnain	sekšuvnnaiguin
Essive	sekšuvdnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person sekšuvdnan sekšuvdname sekšuvdnamet 2nd person sekšuvdnat sekšuvdnade sekšuvdnadet 3rd person sekšuvdnas sekšuvdnaska sekšuvdnaset

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