meardi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish merta, from Proto-Finnic *mërta.

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

Noun

meardi

  1. fishing net

Inflection
Even i-stem, rd-rdd gradation
Nominative meardi
Genitive mearddi
mearddẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative meardi mearddit
Accusative mearddi mērddiid
Genitive mearddi
mearddẹ		 mērddiid
Illative meardái mērddiide
Locative mearddis mērddiin
Comitative mērddiin mērddiiguin
Essive meardin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person meardán meardáme meardámet
2nd person meardát meardáde meardádet
3rd person meardis meardiska meardiset

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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