tjidtje

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čińčē.

Noun

tjidtje

  1. breast (of a woman)

Inflection
Even e-stem, dtj-ttj gradation
Nominative tjidtje
Genitive tjittje
Singular Plural
Nominative tjidtje tjittje
Accusative tjittjev tjittjijt
Genitive tjittje tjittjij
Illative tjidtjáj tjittjijda
Inessive tjittjen tjittjijn
Elative tjittjes tjittjijs
Comitative tjittjijn tjittjij
Abessive tjittjedagá
tjittjedagi		 tjittjijdagá
tjittjijdagi
Essive tjidtjen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjidtjám tjidtjáma tjidtjáma
2nd person tjidtját tjidtjáda tjidtjáda
3rd person tjidtjes tjidtjeska tjidtjesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čińčē (“breast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃːe/, [ˈt͡ʃitːʃe] [1]

Noun

tjidˈtje

  1. mother

Inflection
Even e-stem, dˈtj-dtj gradation
Nominative tjidˈtje
Genitive tjidtje
Singular Plural
Nominative tjidˈtje tjidtje
Accusative tjidtjev tjidtjijt
Genitive tjidtje tjidtjij
Illative tjidˈtjáj tjidtjijda
Inessive tjidtjen tjidtjijn
Elative tjidtjest
tjidtjes		 tjidtjijst
tjidtjijs
Comitative tjidtjijn tjidtjij
Essive tjidˈtjen

Further reading
  • tjidtje in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
  • 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

References
  1. Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press, page 39
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