Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *poarhtē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpoɑ̯rːtiː/

Noun

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boarti

  1. bag made of birch bark

Inflection

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Even i-stem, rt-rtt gradation
Nominative boarti
Genitive boartti
boarttẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative boarti boarttit
Accusative boartti bōrttiid
Genitive boartti
boarttẹ
bōrttiid
Illative boartái bōrttiide
Locative boarttis bōrttiin
Comitative bōrttiin bōrttiiguin
Essive boartin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person boartán boartáme boartámet
2nd person boartát boartáde boartádet
3rd person boartis boartiska boartiset

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