riddu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rintō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈridːduː/

Noun

riddu

1. coast
2. beach

Inflection

Even u-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	riddu
Genitive	rittu rittọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	riddu	rittut
Accusative	rittu	rittūid
Genitive	rittu rittọ	rittūid
Illative	riddui	rittūide
Locative	rittus	rittūin
Comitative	rittūin	rittūiguin
Essive	riddun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person riddon riddome riddomet 2nd person riddot riddode riddodet 3rd person riddus ridduska ridduset

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