buhtis

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish puhdas.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpuhtiːs/

Adjective

buhtis (comparative buhttásit, superlative buhttáseamos)

1. clean, tidy, neat

Inflection

Odd, htt-ht gradation
Attributive	buhtẹs
Nominative	buhtis
Genitive	buhttása
Attributive	buhtẹs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buhtis	buhttásat
Accusative	buhttása	buhttásiid
Genitive	buhttása	buhttásiid
Illative	buhttásii	buhttásiidda
Locative	buhttásis	buhttásiin
Comitative	buhttásiin	buhttásiiguin
Essive	buhtisin

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