ruossa

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ruosˈsa

  1. cross
  2. crossing, junction

Inflection

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Even a-stem, sˈs-ss gradation
Nominative ruosˈsa
Genitive ruossa
Singular Plural
Nominative ruosˈsa ruossat
Accusative ruossa ruossaid
Genitive ruossa ruossaid
Illative rūsˈsii ruossaide
Locative ruossas ruossain
Comitative ruossain ruossaiguin
Essive ruosˈsan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruosˈsan ruosˈsame ruosˈsamet
2nd person ruosˈsat ruosˈsade ruosˈsadet
3rd person ruosˈsas ruosˈsaska ruosˈsaset

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