administrašuvdna

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian administrasjon, Swedish administration, ultimately from Latin administrātiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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administrašuvdna

  1. administration, management
  2. government

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative administrašuvdna
Genitive administrašuvnna
Singular Plural
Nominative administrašuvdna administrašuvnnat
Accusative administrašuvnna administrašuvnnaid
Genitive administrašuvnna administrašuvnnaid
Illative administrašuvdnii administrašuvnnaide
Locative administrašuvnnas administrašuvnnain
Comitative administrašuvnnain administrašuvnnaiguin
Essive administrašuvdnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person administrašuvdnan administrašuvdname administrašuvdnamet
2nd person administrašuvdnat administrašuvdnade administrašuvdnadet
3rd person administrašuvdnas administrašuvdnaska administrašuvdnaset
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Further reading

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  • 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