muoŧŧá

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmuo̯θθaː/

Noun

muoŧŧá

1. maternal aunt younger than one's mother; mother's younger sister

Inflection

Even á-stem, ŧŧ-ŧ gradation
Nominative	muoŧŧá
Genitive	muoŧá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muoŧŧá	muoŧát
Accusative	muoŧá	muoŧáid
Genitive	muoŧá	muoŧáid
Illative	muoŧŧái	muoŧáide
Locative	muoŧás	muoŧáin
Comitative	muoŧáin	muoŧáiguin
Essive	muoŧŧán
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person muoŧŧán muoŧŧáme muoŧŧámet 2nd person muoŧŧát muoŧŧáde muoŧŧádet 3rd person muoŧŧás muoŧŧáska muoŧŧáset

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