tjidtje

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čińčē.

Noun

tjidtje

1. breast (of a woman)

Inflection

Even e-stem, dtj-ttj gradation
Nominative	tjidtje
Genitive	tjittje
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjidtje	tjittje
Accusative	tjittjev	tjittjijt
Genitive	tjittje	tjittjij
Illative	tjidtjáj	tjittjijda
Inessive	tjittjen	tjittjijn
Elative	tjittjes	tjittjijs
Comitative	tjittjijn	tjittjij
Abessive	tjittjedagá tjittjedagi	tjittjijdagá tjittjijdagi
Essive	tjidtjen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tjidtjám tjidtjáma tjidtjáma 2nd person tjidtját tjidtjáda tjidtjáda 3rd person tjidtjes tjidtjeska tjidtjesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čińčē (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃːe/, [ˈt͡ʃitːʃe]

Noun

tjidˈtje

1. mother

Inflection

Even e-stem, dˈtj-dtj gradation
Nominative	tjidˈtje
Genitive	tjidtje
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjidˈtje	tjidtje
Accusative	tjidtjev	tjidtjijt
Genitive	tjidtje	tjidtjij
Illative	tjidˈtjáj	tjidtjijda
Inessive	tjidtjen	tjidtjijn
Elative	tjidtjest tjidtjes	tjidtjijst tjidtjijs
Comitative	tjidtjijn	tjidtjij
Essive	tjidˈtjen

Further reading

• tjidtje in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland