ruovdi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruovtē, from Pre-Samic *rawta, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (“red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ruovdi

1. iron (metal)

Inflection

Even i-stem, vd-vdd gradation
Nominative	ruovdi
Genitive	ruovddi ruovddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ruovdi	ruovddit
Accusative	ruovddi	rūvddiid
Genitive	ruovddi ruovddẹ	rūvddiid
Illative	ruovdái	rūvddiide
Locative	ruovddis	rūvddiin
Comitative	rūvddiin	rūvddiiguin
Essive	ruovdin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ruovdán ruovdáme ruovdámet 2nd person ruovdát ruovdáde ruovdádet 3rd person ruovdis ruovdiska ruovdiset

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