Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *suolnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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suoldni

  1. dew
  2. frost (frozen dew)
  3. mist

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ldn-lnn gradation
Nominative suoldni
Genitive suolnni
suolnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suoldni suolnnit
Accusative suolnni sūlnniid
Genitive suolnni
suolnnẹ
sūlnniid
Illative suoldnái sūlnniide
Locative suolnnis sūlnniin
Comitative sūlnniin sūlnniiguin
Essive suoldnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suoldnán suoldnáme suoldnámet
2nd person suoldnát suoldnáde suoldnádet
3rd person suoldnis suoldniska suoldniset

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