niehte

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *neatē.

Noun

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niehte

  1. pine marten, Martes martes
  2. marten in general, any species of Martes

Inflection

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Even e-stem, ht-d gradation
Nominative niehte
Genitive niede
Singular Plural
Nominative niehte niede
Accusative niedev niedijt
Genitive niede niedij
Illative nähtáj niedijda
Inessive nieden niedijn
Elative niedes niedijs
Comitative niedijn niedij
Abessive niededagá
niededagi
niedijdagá
niedijdagi
Essive niehten
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nähtám nähtáma nähtáma
2nd person nähtát nähtáda nähtáda
3rd person niehtes niehteska niehtesa

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