Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian etnisitet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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etnisitēhta

  1. ethnicity

Inflection

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Even a-stem, no gradation
Nominative etnisitēhta
Genitive etnisitēhta
Singular Plural
Nominative etnisitēhta etnisitēhtat
Accusative etnisitēhta etnisitēhtaid
Genitive etnisitēhta etnisitēhtaid
Illative etnisitēhtii etnisitēhtaide
Locative etnisitēhtas etnisitēhtain
Comitative etnisitēhtain etnisitēhtaiguin
Essive etnisitēhtan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person etnisitēhtan etnisitēhtame etnisitēhtamet
2nd person etnisitēhtat etnisitēhtade etnisitēhtadet
3rd person etnisitēhtas etnisitēhtaska etnisitēhtaset

Further reading

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