goahti

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koatē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɑ̯htiː/

Noun

goahti

1. tent, hut
2. den, lair

Inflection

Even i-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative	goahti
Genitive	goađi goađẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	goahti	goađit
Accusative	goađi	gōđiid
Genitive	goađi goađẹ	gōđiid
Illative	goahtái	gōđiide
Locative	goađis	gōđiin
Comitative	gōđiin	gōđiiguin
Essive	goahtin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person goahtán goahtáme goahtámet 2nd person goahtát goahtáde goahtádet 3rd person goahtis goahtiska goahtiset

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