roahttu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈroɑ̯hːtuː/

Noun

roahttu

1. rat

Inflection

Even u-stem, htt-ht gradation
Nominative	roahttu
Genitive	roahtu roahtọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	roahttu	roahtut
Accusative	roahtu	roahtūid
Genitive	roahtu roahtọ	roahtūid
Illative	rōhttui	roahtūide
Locative	roahtus	roahtūin
Comitative	roahtūin	roahtūiguin
Essive	roahttun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rōhtton rōhttome rōhttomet 2nd person rōhttot rōhttode rōhttodet 3rd person roahttus roahttuska roahttuset

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