rudtje

Southern Sami

Etymology

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

Noun

rudtje

1. back (of a human or animal)
2. keel (back part of a boat)

Inflection

Even e-stem
Nominative	rudtje
Genitive	rudtjen
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rudtje	rudtjh
Accusative	rudtjem	rudtjide
Genitive	rudtjen	rudtji
Illative	rudtjese	rudtjide
Inessive	rudtjesne	rudtjine
Elative	rudtjeste	rudtjijste
Comitative	rudtjine	rudtjigujmie
Essive	rudtjine

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