administrašuvdna

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian administrasjon, Swedish administration, ultimately from Latin administrātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈatːmiːˌnisːtraˌʃuvːtna/

Noun

administrašuvdna

1. administration, management
2. government

Inflection

Even a-stem, vdn-vnn gradation
Nominative	administrašuvdna
Genitive	administrašuvnna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	administrašuvdna	administrašuvnnat
Accusative	administrašuvnna	administrašuvnnaid
Genitive	administrašuvnna	administrašuvnnaid
Illative	administrašuvdnii	administrašuvnnaide
Locative	administrašuvnnas	administrašuvnnain
Comitative	administrašuvnnain	administrašuvnnaiguin
Essive	administrašuvdnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person administrašuvdnan administrašuvdname administrašuvdnamet 2nd person administrašuvdnat administrašuvdnade administrašuvdnadet 3rd person administrašuvdnas administrašuvdnaska administrašuvdnaset

Related terms

• administratiiva
• administrēret

Further reading

• 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