bahta

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëtë.

Noun

bahta

1. butt, arse, rump

Inflection

Even a-stem, ht-d gradation
Nominative	bahta
Genitive	badá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bahta	badá
Accusative	badáv	badájt
Genitive	badá	badáj
Illative	bahtaj	badájda
Inessive	badán	badájn
Elative	badás	badájs
Comitative	badájn	badáj
Abessive	badádagá badádagi	badájdagá badájdagi
Essive	bahtan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bahtam bahtama bahtama 2nd person bahtat bahtada bahtada 3rd person bahtas bahtaska bahtasa

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

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëtë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpahta/

Noun

bahta

1. butt, arse, rump

Inflection

Even a-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative	bahta
Genitive	bađa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bahta	bađat
Accusative	bađa	bađaid
Genitive	bađa	bađaid
Illative	bahtii	bađaide
Locative	bađas	bađain
Comitative	bađain	bađaiguin
Essive	bahtan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bahtan bahtame bahtamet 2nd person bahtat bahtade bahtadet 3rd person bahtas bahtaska bahtaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëtë.

Noun

bahta

1. butt, arse, rump

Inflection

Even a-stem, ht-d gradation
Nominative	bahta
Genitive	bada
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bahta	bada
Accusative	badav	badajt
Genitive	bada	badaj
Illative	bahtaj	badajda
Inessive	badan	badajn
Elative	badast badas	badajst badajs
Comitative	badajn	badaj
Essive	bahtan

Further reading

• bahta in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland