eana

See also: Eana, éana, and eaŋa

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eanëm.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯na/

Noun

eana

1. land
2. ground
3. terrain

Inflection

Odd, tn-n gradation
Nominative	eana
Genitive	eatnama
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eana	eatnamat
Accusative	eatnama	eatnamiid
Genitive	eatnama	eatnamiid
Illative	eatnamii	eatnamiidda
Locative	eatnamis	eatnamiin
Comitative	eatnamiin	eatnamiiguin
Essive	eanan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person eatnaman eatnameamẹ eatnameamẹt 2nd person eatnamat eatnameattẹ eatnameattẹt 3rd person eatnamis eatnameaskkạ eatnameasẹt

Derived terms

• Eana
• Vuolleeatnamat

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