guottu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuontōj.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkuo̯ttuː/

Noun

guottu

  1. stump
  2. tree root

Inflection
Contracted u-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative guottu
Genitive gūddo
Singular Plural
Nominative guottu gūddot
Accusative gūddo gūdduid
Genitive gūddo gūdduid
Illative gūddui gūdduide
Locative gūddos gūdduin
Comitative gūdduin gūdduiguin
Essive guottun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gūddon gūddome gūddomet
2nd person gūddot gūddode gūddodet
3rd person gūddos gūddoska gūddoset

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