eatnu

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eanō.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯tnuː/

Noun

eatnu

  1. large river

Inflection

Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative eatnu
Genitive eanu
eanọ
Singular Plural
Nominative eatnu eanut
Accusative eanu eanūid
Genitive eanu
eanọ 		eanūid
Illative ētnui eanūide
Locative eanus eanūin
Comitative eanūin eanūiguin
Essive eatnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ētnon ētnome ētnomet
2nd person ētnot ētnode ētnodet
3rd person eatnus eatnuska eatnuset

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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