suotna

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suonë.

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

Noun

suotna

  1. vein (in a leaf)
  2. vein, blood vessel
  3. tendon, sinew
  4. nerve
  5. bowstring

Inflection
Even a-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative suotna
Genitive suona
Singular Plural
Nominative suotna suonat
Accusative suona suonaid
Genitive suona suonaid
Illative sūtnii suonaide
Locative suonas suonain
Comitative suonain suonaiguin
Essive suotnan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suotnan suotname suotnamet
2nd person suotnat suotnade suotnadet
3rd person suotnas suotnaska suotnaset

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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