jietânâs
Inari Sami
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Swedish jätte (“giant”) or Finnish jätti.Related to Northern Sami jiehtanas.
Noun
jieˈtânâs
- giant
Inflection
Inflection of jietânâs | ||
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singular | plural | |
Nominative | jietânâs | jietânâsah |
Accusative | jietânâs | jietânâsâid |
Genitive | jietânâs | jietânâsâi |
Illative | jietânâsân | jietânâssáid |
Locative | jietânâsâst | jietânâsâin |
Comitative | jietânâssáin | jietânâsâiguin |
Abessive | jietânâsttáá | jietânâsâittáá |
Essive | jietânâssân | — |
Partitive | jietânâssâd | — |
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