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Etymology

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Borrowed from Northern Sami duodji.

Noun

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duodji (uncountable)

  1. The traditional Sami handicraft of making functional items such as knives and cups.

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *tuojē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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duodji

  1. duodji (Sami handicraft)

Inflection

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Even i-stem, dj-j gradation
Nominative duodji
Genitive duoji
duojẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative duodji duojit
Accusative duoji dūjiid
Genitive duoji
duojẹ
dūjiid
Illative duodjái dūjiide
Locative duojis dūjiin
Comitative dūjiin dūjiiguin
Essive duodjin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person duodján duodjáme duodjámet
2nd person duodját duodjáde duodjádet
3rd person duodjis duodjiska duodjiset

Descendants

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  • Norwegian Bokmål: duodji

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