kuáti

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *koatē.

Noun

kuáti

1. tent, hut

Inflection

Even i-stem, t-đ gradation
Nominative	kuáti
Genitive	kuáđi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kuáti	kuáđih
Accusative	kuáđi	koođijd
Genitive	kuáđi	kođij koođij
Illative	kuátán	koođijd
Locative	kuáđist	koođijn
Comitative	koođijn	kođijguin
Abessive	kuáˈđittáá	kođijttáá
Essive	kuáttin
Partitive	kuáttid
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• kuáti in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎^[1], Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Purepecha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cuate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl coatl.

Noun

kuáti

1. twin

References

• Lathrop, Maxwell (2007) Vocabulario del idioma purépecha‎^[3] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 7