oassi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oasē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈoɑ̯ssiː/

Noun

oassi

1. part (of a whole)
2. part, piece

Inflection

Even i-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	oassi
Genitive	oasi oasẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oassi	oasit
Accusative	oasi	ōsiid
Genitive	oasi oasẹ	ōsiid
Illative	oassái	ōsiide
Locative	oasis	ōsiin
Comitative	ōsiin	ōsiiguin
Essive	oassin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oassán oassáme oassámet 2nd person oassát oassáde oassádet 3rd person oassis oassiska oassiset

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