loddi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lontē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlodːdiː/

Noun

loddi

1. bird

Declension

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	loddi
Genitive	lotti lottẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loddi	lottit
Accusative	lotti	lottiid
Genitive	lotti lottẹ	lottiid
Illative	loddái	lottiide
Locative	lottis	lottiin
Comitative	lottiin	lottiiguin
Essive	loddin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person loddán loddáme loddámet 2nd person loddát loddáde loddádet 3rd person loddis loddiska loddiset

Derived terms

• bárbmọloddi
• beaivẹloddi
• idjaloddi
• lottáš

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