deminutiiva

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish deminutiivi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deminutiiva

  1. (grammar) diminutive

Inflection

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Even a-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative deminutiiva
Genitive deminutiivva
Singular Plural
Nominative deminutiiva deminutiivvat
Accusative deminutiivva deminutiivvaid
Genitive deminutiivva deminutiivvaid
Illative deminutiivii deminutiivvaide
Locative deminutiivvas deminutiivvain
Comitative deminutiivvain deminutiivvaiguin
Essive deminutiivan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person deminutiivan deminutiivame deminutiivamet
2nd person deminutiivat deminutiivade deminutiivadet
3rd person deminutiivas deminutiivaska deminutiivaset

Further reading

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  • 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