From sauna (“sauna”) + nain (“woman”), referring to the fact that Izhorians traditionally gave birth in saunas.
saunanain
| Declension of saunanain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | saunanain | saunanaiset |
| genitive | saunanaisen | saunanaisiin |
| partitive | saunanaista, saunanaist | saunanaisia |
| illative | saunanaisee | saunanaisii |
| inessive | saunanaisees | saunanaisiis |
| elative | saunanaisest | saunanaisist |
| allative | saunanaiselle | saunanaisille |
| adessive | saunanaiseel | saunanaisiil |
| ablative | saunanaiselt | saunanaisilt |
| translative | saunanaiseks | saunanaisiks |
| essive | saunanaisenna, saunanaiseen | saunanaisinna, saunanaisiin |
| exessive1) | saunanaisent | saunanaisint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||