Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *ruojvēs.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈruo̯jːvaːh(t)/

Noun

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ruoivát

  1. hemp

Inflection

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Contracted i-stem, iv-ivv gradation
Nominative ruoivát
Genitive ruoiváid
Singular Plural
Nominative ruoivát
Accusative ruoiváid
Genitive ruoiváid
Illative ruoiváide
Locative ruoiváin
Comitative ruoiváiguin
Essive ruoivvisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruoiván ruoiváme ruoivámet
2nd person ruoivát ruoiváde ruoivádet
3rd person ruoivás ruoiváska ruoiváset

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