boazu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *poacōj.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

boazu

1. reindeer

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, hcc-z gradation
Nominative	boazu
Genitive	bōhcco
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	boazu	bōhccot
Accusative	bōhcco	bōhccuid
Genitive	bōhcco	bōhccuid
Illative	bōhccui	bōhccuide
Locative	bōhccos	bōhccuin
Comitative	bōhccuin	bōhccuiguin
Essive	boazun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bōhccon bōhccome bōhccomet 2nd person bōhccot bōhccode bōhccodet 3rd person bōhccos bōhccoska bōhccoset

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