Vuolleeatnamat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From vuolli +‎ eana.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvuo̯lleea̯tnamah(t)/

Proper noun

Vuolleeatnamat

1. Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
2. Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Inflection

Odd, tn-n gradation
Nominative	Vuolleeatnamat
Genitive	Vuolleeatnamiid
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	Vuolleeatnamat
Accusative	—	Vuolleeatnamiid
Genitive	—	Vuolleeatnamiid
Illative	—	Vuolleeatnamiidda
Locative	—	Vuolleeatnamiin
Comitative	—	Vuolleeatnamiiguin
Essive	Vuolleeanan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person Vuolleeatnaman Vuolleeatnameamẹ Vuolleeatnameamẹt 2nd person Vuolleeatnamat Vuolleeatnameattẹ Vuolleeatnameattẹt 3rd person Vuolleeatnamis Vuolleeatnameaskkạ Vuolleeatnameasẹt

Further reading

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