datni

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tënē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtatniː/

Noun

datni

1. tin (metal)

Inflection

Even i-stem, tn-n gradation
Nominative	datni
Genitive	dani danẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	datni	danit
Accusative	dani	daniid
Genitive	dani danẹ	daniid
Illative	datnái	daniide
Locative	danis	daniin
Comitative	daniin	daniiguin
Essive	datnin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person datnán datnáme datnámet 2nd person datnát datnáde datnádet 3rd person datnis datniska datniset

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