deatnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Probably from Deatnu, the name of Tana, a major river for the Sami. May have also been inspired by eatnu.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

deatnu

  1. large river

Inflection

Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative deatnu
Genitive deanu
deanọ
Singular Plural
Nominative deatnu deanut
Accusative deanu deanūid
Genitive deanu
deanọ 		deanūid
Illative dētnui deanūide
Locative deanus deanūin
Comitative deanūin deanūiguin
Essive deatnun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dētnon dētnome dētnomet
2nd person dētnot dētnode dētnodet
3rd person deatnus deatnuska deatnuset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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