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dievdu

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *tievtō, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚦᛖᚢᛞᚢ (*þeudu), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtie̯vːtuː/

Noun

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dievdu

  1. man

Inflection

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Even u-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative dievdu
Genitive dievddu
dievddọ
Singular Plural
Nominative dievdu dievddut
Accusative dievddu dievddūid
Genitive dievddu
dievddọ
dievddūid
Illative dīvdui dievddūide
Locative dievddus dievddūin
Comitative dievddūin dievddūiguin
Essive dievdun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dīvdon dīvdome dīvdomet
2nd person dīvdot dīvdode dīvdodet
3rd person dievdus dievduska dievduset

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