eanu

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯nuː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *eanōj.

Noun

eanu

  1. maternal uncle, one's mother's brother
Inflection
Contracted u-stem, dn-n gradation
Nominative eanu
Genitive ēdno
Singular Plural
Nominative eanu ēdnot
Accusative ēdno ēdnuid
Genitive ēdno ēdnuid
Illative ēdnui ēdnuide
Locative ēdnos ēdnuin
Comitative ēdnuin ēdnuiguin
Essive eanun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ēdnon ēdnome ēdnomet
2nd person ēdnot ēdnode ēdnodet
3rd person ēdnos ēdnoska ēdnoset
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eanu

  1. accusative/genitive singular of eatnu
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