njuorddut

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈɲuo̯rːttuːh(t)/

Noun

njuorddut

1. tall, straight person or thing

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	njuorddut
Genitive	njuordduha
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	njuorddut	njuordduhat
Accusative	njuordduha	njuordduhiid
Genitive	njuordduha	njuordduhiid
Illative	njuordduhii	njuordduhiidda
Locative	njuordduhis	njuordduhiin
Comitative	njuordduhiin	njuordduhiiguin
Essive	njuordduhin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person njuordduhan njuordduheamẹ njuordduheamẹt 2nd person njuordduhat njuordduheattẹ njuordduheattẹt 3rd person njuordduhis njuordduheaskkạ njuordduheasẹt

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