institušuvdna

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian institusjon, ultimately from Latin institūtiō.

Noun

institušuvdna

1. institution, institute

Inflection

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	institušuvdna
Genitive	institušuvnna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	institušuvdna	institušuvnnat
Accusative	institušuvnna	institušuvnnaid
Genitive	institušuvnna	institušuvnnaid
Illative	institušuvdnii	institušuvnnaide
Locative	institušuvnnas	institušuvnnain
Comitative	institušuvnnain	institušuvnnaiguin
Essive	institušuvdnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person institušuvdnan institušuvdname institušuvdnamet 2nd person institušuvdnat institušuvdnade institušuvdnadet 3rd person institušuvdnas institušuvdnaska institušuvdnaset

Related terms

• instituhtta

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