ruoktu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruoptō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ruoktu

1. home

Inflection

Even u-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	ruoktu
Genitive	ruovttu ruovttọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruoktu	ruovttut
Accusative	ruovttu	ruovttūid
Genitive	ruovttu ruovttọ	ruovttūid
Illative	rūktui	ruovttūide
Locative	ruovttus	ruovttūin
Comitative	ruovttūin	ruovttūiguin
Essive	ruoktun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rūkton rūktome rūktomet 2nd person rūktot rūktode rūktodet 3rd person ruoktus ruoktuska ruoktuset

Derived terms

• ruoktọt

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