туэнн

Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuonë, borrowed from Proto-Finnic *tooni, of a Germanic origin (compare Old Norse dán (death)).

Related to Finnish tuoni. Cognates include Northern Sami duotna and Skolt Sami tuõnn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu̯ɛnː/

Noun

туэнн (tuenn) (obsolete or dialectal)

  1. the smell, stench of a starving or long sick reindeer
    Synonyms: тӯн (tūn), тӯннэ̄ппс (tūnnēpps)

Inflection

Declension of туэнн (type I noun, нн-н gradation)
Nominative туэнн (tuenn)
Genitive туэн (tuen)
Dative-Illative тӯнна (tūnna)
Comitative туэнэнҍ (tuenen’)
singular plural
Nominative туэнн (tuenn) туэн (tuen)
Accusative туэн (tuen) туэнэтҍ (tuenet’)
Genitive туэн (tuen) туэнэ (tuene)
Dative-Illative тӯнна (tūnna) туэнэтҍ (tuenet’)
Locative туэнэсьт (tuenes’t) туэнэнҍ (tuenen’)
Comitative туэнэнҍ (tuenen’) туэнэгуэйм (tueneguejm)
Abessive туэнха (tuenxa) туэнэха (tuenexa)
Essive туэннэнҍ (tuennen’)
Partitive туэннэ (tuenne)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “tu͕ənnᵃ”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 618
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “tu͕ənnᵃ”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland