toardna

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰoɑ̯rːtna/

Noun

toardna

1. tower

Inflection

Even a-stem, rdn-rtn gradation
Nominative	toardna
Genitive	toartna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	toardna	toartnat
Accusative	toartna	toartnaid
Genitive	toartna	toartnaid
Illative	tōrdnii	toartnaide
Locative	toartnas	toartnain
Comitative	toartnain	toartnaiguin
Essive	toardnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person toardnan toardname toardnamet 2nd person toardnat toardnade toardnadet 3rd person toardnas toardnaska toardnaset

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