Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian stasjon, ultimately from Latin statiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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stašuvdna

  1. station, post
  2. railway station

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative stašuvdna
Genitive stašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative stašuvdna stašuvnnat
Accusative stašuvnna stašuvnnaid
Genitive stašuvnna stašuvnnaid
Illative stašuvdnii stašuvnnaide
Locative stašuvnnas stašuvnnain
Comitative stašuvnnain stašuvnnaiguin
Essive stašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person stašuvdnan stašuvdname stašuvdnamet
2nd person stašuvdnat stašuvdnade stašuvdnadet
3rd person stašuvdnas stašuvdnaska stašuvdnaset

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