Vuolleeatnamat

Northern Sami

Etymology

From vuolli +‎ eana.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvuo̯lleea̯tnamah(t)/

Proper noun

Vuolleeatnamat

  1. Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)
  2. Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)

Inflection
Odd, tn-n gradation
Nominative Vuolleeatnamat
Genitive Vuolleeatnamiid
Singular Plural
Nominative — Vuolleeatnamat
Accusative — Vuolleeatnamiid
Genitive — Vuolleeatnamiid
Illative — Vuolleeatnamiidda
Locative — Vuolleeatnamiin
Comitative — Vuolleeatnamiiguin
Essive Vuolleeanan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Vuolleeatnaman Vuolleeatnameamẹ Vuolleeatnameamẹt
2nd person Vuolleeatnamat Vuolleeatnameattẹ Vuolleeatnameattẹt
3rd person Vuolleeatnamis Vuolleeatnameaskkạ Vuolleeatnameasẹt

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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