maahâ

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mākë.

Noun

maahâ

  1. brother-in-law

Inflection

Even â-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative maahâ
Genitive maaṿâ
Singular Plural
Nominative maahâ maaṿah
Accusative maaṿâ maaṿâid
Genitive maaṿâ maṿâi
maaṿâi
Illative maahân mavvaid
Locative maaṿâst maaṿâin
Comitative mavvain maṿâiguin
Abessive maṿâttáá maṿâittáá
Essive maaḥân
Partitive maaḥâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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