heavdni

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *(h)eavnē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heavdni

  1. spider

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative heavdni
Genitive heavnni
heavnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative heavdni heavnnit
Accusative heavnni hēvnniid
Genitive heavnni
heavnnẹ 		hēvnniid
Illative heavdnái hēvnniide
Locative heavnnis hēvnniin
Comitative hēvnniin hēvnniiguin
Essive heavdnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person heavdnán heavdnáme heavdnámet
2nd person heavdnát heavdnáde heavdnádet
3rd person heavdnis heavdniska heavdniset

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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