ednam

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eanëm.

Noun

ednam

  1. earth, world
  2. land, area
  3. territory
  4. ground

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative ednam
Genitive ednama
Singular Plural
Nominative ednam ednama
Accusative ednamav ednamijt
Genitive ednama ednamij
Illative ednamij ednamijda
Inessive ednamin ednamijn
Elative ednamis ednamijs
Comitative ednamijn ednamij
Abessive ednamadagá
ednamadagi
ednamijdagá
ednamijdagi
Essive ednamin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ednamim
ednamam
ednamimme ednamimme
2nd person ednamit
ednamat
ednamihtte ednamihtte
3rd person ednamis ednamiska ednamisá

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