Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish apotti.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈapohːta/

Noun

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abohtta

  1. abbot

Inflection

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Even a-stem, htt-ht gradation
Nominative abohtta
Genitive abohta
Singular Plural
Nominative abohtta abohtat
Accusative abohta abohtaid
Genitive abohta abohtaid
Illative abohttii abohtaide
Locative abohtas abohtain
Comitative abohtain abohtaiguin
Essive abohttan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person abohttan abohttame abohttamet
2nd person abohttat abohttade abohttadet
3rd person abohttas abohttaska abohttaset

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