esttegiella

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Noun

esttegiella

  1. The Estonian language.
    Mun in dieđe mo galggašii hupmat esttegiela
    I don't know how to speak Estonian

Inflection
Even a-stem, ll-l gradation
Nominative esttegiella
Genitive esttegiela
Singular Plural
Nominative esttegiella esttegielat
Accusative esttegiela esttegielaid
Genitive esttegiela esttegielaid
Illative esttegīllii esttegielaide
Locative esttegielas esttegielain
Comitative esttegielain esttegielaiguin
Essive esttegiellan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person esttegiellan esttegiellame esttegiellamet
2nd person esttegiellat esttegiellade esttegielladet
3rd person esttegiellas esttegiellaska esttegiellaset

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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