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suonâ

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Inari Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *suonë.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suoṇâ

  1. vein (in a leaf)
  2. vein, blood vessel
  3. tendon, sinew

Inflection

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Even â-stem, -n gradation
Nominative suoṇâ
Genitive suonâ
Singular Plural
Nominative suoṇâ suonah
Accusative suonâ suonâid
Genitive suonâ suoˈnâi
suonâi
Illative suoṇân suonáid
Locative suonâst suonâin
Comitative suonáin suoˈnâiguin
Abessive suoˈnâttáá suoˈnâittáá
Essive suonnân
Partitive suonnâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Derived terms

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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