deaddu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From deaddit +‎ -u.

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

Noun

deaddu

  1. weight
  2. pressure
  3. emphasis, stress

Inflection
Even u-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative deaddu
Genitive deattu
deattọ
Singular Plural
Nominative deaddu deattut
Accusative deattu deattūid
Genitive deattu
deattọ		 deattūid
Illative dēddui deattūide
Locative deattus deattūin
Comitative deattūin deattūiguin
Essive deaddun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dēddon dēddome dēddomet
2nd person dēddot dēddode dēddodet
3rd person deaddus deadduska deadduset

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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