Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From cuovkanit +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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cuovkaneapmi

  1. breakup
  2. miscarriage

Inflection

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Even i-stem, pm-m gradation
Nominative cuovkaneapmi
Genitive cuovkaneami
cuovkaneamẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative cuovkaneapmi cuovkaneamit
Accusative cuovkaneami cuovkanēmiid
Genitive cuovkaneami
cuovkaneamẹ
cuovkanēmiid
Illative cuovkaneapmái cuovkanēmiide
Locative cuovkaneamis cuovkanēmiin
Comitative cuovkanēmiin cuovkanēmiiguin
Essive cuovkaneapmin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person cuovkaneapmán cuovkaneapmáme cuovkaneapmámet
2nd person cuovkaneapmát cuovkaneapmáde cuovkaneapmádet
3rd person cuovkaneapmis cuovkaneapmiska cuovkaneapmiset

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
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