čáihni

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čāšnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čáihni

  1. woodpecker

Inflection

Even i-stem, ihn-ihnn gradation
Nominative čáihni
Genitive čáihnni
čáihnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative čáihni čáihnnit
Accusative čáihnni čáihnniid
Genitive čáihnni
čáihnnẹ 		čáihnniid
Illative čáihnái čáihnniide
Locative čáihnnis čáihnniin
Comitative čáihnniin čáihnniiguin
Essive čáihnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čáihnán čáihnáme čáihnámet
2nd person čáihnát čáihnáde čáihnádet
3rd person čáihnis čáihniska čáihniset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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