miessi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *miesē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

miessi

  1. reindeer calf

Inflection

Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative miessi
Genitive miesi
miesẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative miessi miesit
Accusative miesi mīsiid
Genitive miesi
miesẹ 		mīsiid
Illative miessái mīsiide
Locative miesis mīsiin
Comitative mīsiin mīsiiguin
Essive miessin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person miessán miessáme miessámet
2nd person miessát miessáde miessádet
3rd person miessis miessiska miessiset

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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