čiehâ

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čiekë.

Noun

čiehâ

  1. corner

Inflection

Even â-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative čiehâ
Genitive čieṿâ
Singular Plural
Nominative čiehâ čieṿah
Accusative čieṿâ čieṿâid
Genitive čieṿâ čieˈṿâi
čieṿâi
Illative čiehân čievˈváid
Locative čieṿâst čieṿâin
Comitative čievˈváin čieˈṿâiguin
Abessive čieˈṿâttáá čieˈṿâittáá
Essive čieḥân
Partitive čieḥâd
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland