ruoida

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruojtë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruo̯jːta/

Noun

ruoida

1. shank

Inflection

Even a-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative	ruoida
Genitive	ruoidda
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruoida	ruoiddat
Accusative	ruoidda	ruoiddaid
Genitive	ruoidda	ruoiddaid
Illative	rūidii	ruoiddaide
Locative	ruoiddas	ruoiddain
Comitative	ruoiddain	ruoiddaiguin
Essive	ruoidan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruoidan ruoidame ruoidamet 2nd person ruoidat ruoidade ruoidadet 3rd person ruoidas ruoidaska ruoidaset

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