Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsitnuː/

Noun

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sitnu

  1. grass

Inflection

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Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative sitnu
Genitive sinu
sinọ
Singular Plural
Nominative sitnu sinut
Accusative sinu sinūid
Genitive sinu
sinọ
sinūid
Illative sitnui sinūide
Locative sinus sinūin
Comitative sinūin sinūiguin
Essive sitnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sitnon sitnome sitnomet
2nd person sitnot sitnode sitnodet
3rd person sitnus sitnuska sitnuset

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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sitnu

  1. inflection of sitan:
    1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
    2. feminine accusative singular