muohtu

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *muotō.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuo̯htuː/

Noun

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muohtu

  1. cheek
  2. (in the plural) face

Inflection

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Even u-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative muohtu
Genitive muođu
muođọ
Singular Plural
Nominative muohtu muođut
Accusative muođu muođūid
Genitive muođu
muođọ
muođūid
Illative mūhtui muođūide
Locative muođus muođūin
Comitative muođūin muođūiguin
Essive muohtun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mūhton mūhtome mūhtomet
2nd person mūhtot mūhtode mūhtodet
3rd person muohtus muohtuska muohtuset

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