deadja

Northern Sami

Etymology

Originally from Min Nan 茶 (tê), from Middle Chinese, from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯ɟɟa/

Noun

deadja

1. tea

Inflection

Even a-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative	deadja
Genitive	deaja
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deadja	deajat
Accusative	deaja	deajaid
Genitive	deaja	deajaid
Illative	dēdjii	deajaide
Locative	deajas	deajain
Comitative	deajain	deajaiguin
Essive	deadjan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person deadjan deadjame deadjamet 2nd person deadjat deadjade deadjadet 3rd person deadjas deadjaska deadjaset

Derived terms

• deadjabaste
• deadjasilˈli

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