Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *koatē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kota.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkoɑ̯htiː/

Noun

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goahti

  1. tent, hut
  2. den, lair

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative goahti
Genitive goađi
goađẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative goahti goađit
Accusative goađi gōđiid
Genitive goađi
goađẹ
gōđiid
Illative goahtái gōđiide
Locative goađis gōđiin
Comitative gōđiin gōđiiguin
Essive goahtin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person goahtán goahtáme goahtámet
2nd person goahtát goahtáde goahtádet
3rd person goahtis goahtiska goahtiset

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