sieidi
English
sieidi
Etymology
Borrowed from Northern Sami sieidi.
Noun
sieidi (plural sieidis)
- Among the Sami people, a special site where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits.
Translations
a special site among Sami people where thanks and offerings are given to the spirits
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Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *siejtē.
Noun
sieidi
- offering stone, sieidi
Inflection
| Even i-stem, id-idd gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | sieidi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | sieiddi sieiddẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | sieidi | sieiddit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | sieiddi | sīiddiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | sieiddi sieiddẹ | sīiddiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | sieidái | sīiddiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | sieiddis | sīiddiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | sīiddiin | sīiddiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | sieidin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: seide
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