Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *rëθē.

Noun

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rahte

  1. track of a vehicle in snow
  2. track (of a railway)

Inflection

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Even e-stem, no gradation
Nominative rahte
Genitive rahte
Singular Plural
Nominative rahte rahte
Accusative rahtev rahtijt
Genitive rahte rahtij
Illative rahtáj rahtijda
Inessive rahten rahtijn
Elative rahtes rahtijs
Comitative rahtijn rahtij
Abessive rahtedagá
rahtedagi
rahtijdagá
rahtijdagi
Essive rahten
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person rahtám rahtáma rahtáma
2nd person rahtát rahtáda rahtáda
3rd person rahtes rahteska rahtesa

Further reading

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  • 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