miessi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯ssiː/

Noun

miessi

1. reindeer calf

Inflection

Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	miessi
Genitive	miesi miesẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	miessi	miesit
Accusative	miesi	mīsiid
Genitive	miesi miesẹ	mīsiid
Illative	miessái	mīsiide
Locative	miesis	mīsiin
Comitative	mīsiin	mīsiiguin
Essive	miessin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person miessán miessáme miessámet 2nd person miessát miessáde miessádet 3rd person miessis miessiska miessiset

Derived terms

• miessemánnu

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