geaidnu

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keajnō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

geaidnu

  1. way, road
  2. method, means

Inflection

Even u-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative geaidnu
Genitive geainnu
geainnọ
Singular Plural
Nominative geaidnu geainnut
Accusative geainnu geainnūid
Genitive geainnu
geainnọ 		geainnūid
Illative gēidnui geainnūide
Locative geainnus geainnūin
Comitative geainnūin geainnūiguin
Essive geaidnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gēidnon gēidnome gēidnomet
2nd person gēidnot gēidnode gēidnodet
3rd person geaidnus geaidnuska geaidnuset

Derived terms

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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