eatnu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eanō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯tnuː/

Noun

eatnu

1. large river

Inflection

Even u-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative	eatnu
Genitive	eanu eanọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eatnu	eanut
Accusative	eanu	eanūid
Genitive	eanu eanọ	eanūid
Illative	ētnui	eanūide
Locative	eanus	eanūin
Comitative	eanūin	eanūiguin
Essive	eatnun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ētnon ētnome ētnomet 2nd person ētnot ētnode ētnodet 3rd person eatnus eatnuska eatnuset

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