Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *viepsēs.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

vievssis

  1. wasp

Inflection edit

Contracted i-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative vievssis
Genitive vieksá
Singular Plural
Nominative vievssis vieksát
Accusative vieksá vieksáid
Genitive vieksá vieksáid
Illative vieksái vieksáide
Locative vieksás vieksáin
Comitative vieksáin vieksáiguin
Essive vievssisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vieksán vieksáme vieksámet
2nd person vieksát vieksáde vieksádet
3rd person vieksás vieksáska vieksáset

Further reading edit

  • 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