gievdni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiemnē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkie̯vːtniː/

Noun

gievdni

  1. kettle, cauldron
  2. coffeepot
  3. pan
  4. bucket, pail

Inflection
Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative gievdni
Genitive gievnni
gievnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gievdni gievnnit
Accusative gievnni gīvnniid
Genitive gievnni
gievnnẹ		 gīvnniid
Illative gievdnái gīvnniide
Locative gievnnis gīvnniin
Comitative gīvnniin gīvnniiguin
Essive gievdnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gievdnán gievdnáme gievdnámet
2nd person gievdnát gievdnáde gievdnádet
3rd person gievdnis gievdniska gievdniset

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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