See also: cotta

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čontëk.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃotta/

Noun

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čotta

  1. throat

Inflection

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Odd, dd-tt gradation
Nominative čotta
Genitive čoddaga
Singular Plural
Nominative čotta čoddagat
Accusative čoddaga čoddagiid
Genitive čoddaga čoddagiid
Illative čoddagii čoddagiidda
Locative čoddagis čoddagiin
Comitative čoddagiin čoddagiiguin
Essive čottan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čoddagan čoddageamẹ čoddageamẹt
2nd person čoddagat čoddageattẹ čoddageattẹt
3rd person čoddagis čoddageaskkạ čoddageasẹt

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