duoddi

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *tuontē.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

duoddi

  1. protection
  2. something which saves, economises

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative duoddi
Genitive duotti
duottẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative duoddi duottit
Accusative duotti dūttiid
Genitive duotti
duottẹ
dūttiid
Illative duoddái dūttiide
Locative duottis dūttiin
Comitative dūttiin dūttiiguin
Essive duoddin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person duoddán duoddáme duoddámet
2nd person duoddát duoddáde duoddádet
3rd person duoddis duoddiska duoddiset

Further reading[edit]

  • 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