Duiska
Appearance
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From North Germanic, compare Swedish tysk (“German”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Duiska
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Inflection
[edit]Even a-stem, isk-iskk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | Duiska | |||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Duiskka | |||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | Duiska | Duiskkat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | Duiskka | Duiskkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | Duiskka | Duiskkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
Illative | Duiskii | Duiskkaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | Duiskkas | Duiskkain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Comitative | Duiskkain | Duiskkaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Essive | Duiskan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- 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