spártu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Derived from a North Germanic language, compare Norwegian Nynorsk vorte.

Cognate with Southern Sami vaahtere, Ume Sami [Term?] (vàrʿtoo), Pite Sami [Term?] (vār̆ʜ̄tu̬ȯ), Lule Sami vártto, Kildin Sami воа̄ҏҏт (våår̥r̥t), Inari Sami [Term?] (spȧrttu) and Skolt Sami värtt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spártu

1. a wart

Inflection

Even u-stem, rt-rtt gradation
Nominative	spártu
Genitive	spárttu spárttọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spártu	spárttut
Accusative	spárttu	spárttūid
Genitive	spárttu spárttọ	spárttūid
Illative	spártui	spárttūide
Locative	spárttus	spárttūin
Comitative	spárttūin	spárttūiguin
Essive	spártun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person spárton spártome spártomet 2nd person spártot spártode spártodet 3rd person spártus spártuska spártuset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vɑ̄r̀ʿt”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland