ivdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ivnē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈivːtniː/

Noun

ivdni

  1. colour/color

Inflection

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative ivdni
Genitive ivnni
ivnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ivdni ivnnit
Accusative ivnni ivnniid
Genitive ivnni
ivnnẹ
ivnniid
Illative ivdnái ivnniide
Locative ivnnis ivnniin
Comitative ivnniin ivnniiguin
Essive ivdnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ivdnán ivdnáme ivdnámet
2nd person ivdnát ivdnáde ivdnádet
3rd person ivdnis ivdniska ivdniset

Derived terms

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