sieʹss

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Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *siesē.

Noun

sieʹss

  1. (paternal) aunt

Inflection

Even e-stem, ss-zz gradation
Nominative sieʹss
Genitive sieʹzz
Singular Plural
Nominative sieʹss sieʹzz
Accusative sieʹzz siõʹzzid
Genitive sieʹzz siõʹzzi
Illative seâsˈsa siõʹzzid
Locative sieʹzzest siõʹzzin
Comitative siõʹzzin siõʹzzivuiʹm
Abessive sieʹzztää siõʹzzitää
Essive sieʹssen
Partitive sieʹssed
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