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eamit

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish emäntä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯miːh(t)/

Noun

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eamit

  1. wife

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative eamit
Genitive eamida
Singular Plural
Nominative eamit eamidat
Accusative eamida eamidiid
Genitive eamida eamidiid
Illative eamidii eamidiidda
Locative eamidis eamidiin
Comitative eamidiin eamidiiguin
Essive eamidin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person eamidan eamideamẹ eamideamẹt
2nd person eamidat eamideattẹ eamideattẹt
3rd person eamidis eamideaskkạ eamideasẹt

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