duodji
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Northern Sami duodji.
Noun edit
duodji (uncountable)
- The traditional Sami handicraft of making functional items such as knives and cups.
Northern Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *tuojē.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
duodji
- duodji (Sami handicraft)
Inflection edit
Even i-stem, dj-j gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: duodji
Further reading edit
- 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