Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *suojnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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suoidni

  1. hay

Inflection

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Even i-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative suoidni
Genitive suoinni
suoinnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suoidni suoinnit
Accusative suoinni sūinniid
Genitive suoinni
suoinnẹ
sūinniid
Illative suoidnái sūinniide
Locative suoinnis sūinniin
Comitative sūinniin sūinniiguin
Essive suoidnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suoidnán suoidnáme suoidnámet
2nd person suoidnát suoidnáde suoidnádet
3rd person suoidnis suoidniska suoidniset

Derived terms

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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