ruoinnas

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruojnës.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruo̯jnnas/

Adjective

ruoinnas (comparative ruoidnasit, superlative ruoidnaseamos)

1. thin, skinny

Inflection

Odd, idn-inn gradation
Attributive	ruoidna
Nominative	ruoinnas
Genitive	ruoidnasa
Attributive	ruoidna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruoinnas	ruoidnasat
Accusative	ruoidnasa	ruoidnasiid
Genitive	ruoidnasa	ruoidnasiid
Illative	ruoidnasii	ruoidnasiidda
Locative	ruoidnasis	ruoidnasiin
Comitative	ruoidnasiin	ruoidnasiiguin
Essive	ruoinnasin

Related terms

• ruoidnat

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