jietânâs
Inari Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Swedish jätte (“giant”) or Finnish jätti. Related to Northern Sami jiehtanas.
Noun
[edit]jieˈtânâs
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of jietânâs | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | jietânâs | jietânâsah |
| Accusative | jietânâs | jietânâsâid |
| Genitive | jietânâs | jietânâsâi |
| Illative | jietânâsân | jietânâssáid |
| Locative | jietânâsâst | jietânâsâin |
| Comitative | jietânâssáin | jietânâsâiguin |
| Abessive | jietânâsttáá | jietânâsâittáá |
| Essive | jietânâssân | — |
| Partitive | jietânâssâd | — |
Further reading
[edit]- 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