Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čeacē.

Noun

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tjiehtje

  1. paternal uncle

Inflection

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Even e-stem, htj-tj gradation
Nominative tjiehtje
Genitive tjietje
Singular Plural
Nominative tjiehtje tjietje
Accusative tjietjev tjietjijt
Genitive tjietje tjietjij
Illative tjähtjáj tjietjijda
Inessive tjietjen tjietjijn
Elative tjietjes tjietjijs
Comitative tjietjijn tjietjij
Abessive tjietjedagá
tjietjedagi
tjietjijdagá
tjietjijdagi
Essive tjiehtjen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjähtjám tjähtjáma tjähtjáma
2nd person tjähtját tjähtjáda tjähtjáda
3rd person tjiehtjes tjiehtjeska tjiehtjesa

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