spiidni

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *svijnē, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīną. Cognates include Southern Sami svijnie, Lule Sami svijnne.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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spiidni

  1. pig, swine

Inflection

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Even i-stem, idn-inn gradation
Nominative spiidni
Genitive spiinni
spiinnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative spiidni spiinnit
Accusative spiinni spiinniid
Genitive spiinni
spiinnẹ
spiinniid
Illative spiidnái spiinniide
Locative spiinnis spiinniin
Comitative spiinniin spiinniiguin
Essive spiidnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person spiidnán spiidnáme spiidnámet
2nd person spiidnát spiidnáde spiidnádet
3rd person spiidnis spiidniska spiidniset

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