jietânâs

Inari Sami

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Swedish jätte (“giant”) or Finnish jätti. Related to Northern Sami jiehtanas.

Noun

jieˈtânâs

  1. giant

Inflection
Inflection of jietânâs
singular plural
Nominative jietânâs jietânâsah
Accusative jietânâs jietânâsâid
Genitive jietânâs jietânâsâi
Illative jietânâsân jietânâssáid
Locative jietânâsâst jietânâsâin
Comitative jietânâssáin jietânâsâiguin
Abessive jietânâsttáá jietânâsâittáá
Essive jietânâssân —
Partitive jietânâssâd —

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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