See also: ruoŧŧa

Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Finnic (compare Ruotsi).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈruo̯θθa/

Proper noun edit

Ruoŧŧa

  1. Sweden

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, ŧŧ-ŧ gradation
Nominative Ruoŧŧa
Genitive Ruoŧa
Singular Plural
Nominative Ruoŧŧa Ruoŧat
Accusative Ruoŧa Ruoŧaid
Genitive Ruoŧa Ruoŧaid
Illative Rūŧŧii Ruoŧaide
Locative Ruoŧas Ruoŧain
Comitative Ruoŧain Ruoŧaiguin
Essive Ruoŧŧan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person Ruoŧŧan Ruoŧŧame Ruoŧŧamet
2nd person Ruoŧŧat Ruoŧŧade Ruoŧŧadet
3rd person Ruoŧŧas Ruoŧŧaska Ruoŧŧaset

Derived terms edit

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