heavdni

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *(h)eavnē.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

heavdni

  1. spider

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative heavdni
Genitive heavnni
heavnnẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative heavdni heavnnit
Accusative heavnni hēvnniid
Genitive heavnni
heavnnẹ
hēvnniid
Illative heavdnái hēvnniide
Locative heavnnis hēvnniin
Comitative hēvnniin hēvnniiguin
Essive heavdnin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person heavdnán heavdnáme heavdnámet
2nd person heavdnát heavdnáde heavdnádet
3rd person heavdnis heavdniska heavdniset

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