Duiska
Northern Sami
Etymology
From North Germanic, compare Swedish tysk (“German”).
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtujːska/
Proper noun
Duiska
- Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Inflection
| Even a-stem, isk-iskk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | Duiska | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Duiskka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | Duiska | Duiskkat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | Duiskka | Duiskkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Duiskka | Duiskkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | Duiskii | Duiskkaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | Duiskkas | Duiskkain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | Duiskkain | Duiskkaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | Duiskan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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