ettâ

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See also: etta, Etta, että, etta-, -etta, and -étta

Inari Sami

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Uralic *e- (this).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ettâ

  1. thing

Inflection

Even â-stem, tˈt-t gradation
Nominative ettâ
Genitive eetâ
Singular Plural
Nominative ettâ eetah
Accusative eetâ eetâid
Genitive eetâ etâi
eetâi
Illative eetân ettáid
Locative eetâst eetâin
Comitative ettáin etâiguin
Abessive etâttáá etâittáá
Essive ettân
Partitive ettâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading

  • ettâ in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje, Tromsø: UiT
  • 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