ráidu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rājδō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈraːjːtuː/

Noun

ráidu

1. line of reindeer

Inflection

Even u-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative	ráidu
Genitive	ráiddu ráiddọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ráidu	ráiddut
Accusative	ráiddu	ráiddūid
Genitive	ráiddu ráiddọ	ráiddūid
Illative	ráidui	ráiddūide
Locative	ráiddus	ráiddūin
Comitative	ráiddūin	ráiddūiguin
Essive	ráidun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ráidon ráidome ráidomet 2nd person ráidot ráidode ráidodet 3rd person ráidus ráiduska ráiduset

Descendants

• Norwegian
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: raide
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: raide

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