muohtu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *muotō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmuo̯htuː/

Noun

muohtu

1. cheek
2. (in the plural) face

Inflection

Even u-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative	muohtu
Genitive	muođu muođọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	muohtu	muođut
Accusative	muođu	muođūid
Genitive	muođu muođọ	muođūid
Illative	mūhtui	muođūide
Locative	muođus	muođūin
Comitative	muođūin	muođūiguin
Essive	muohtun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person mūhton mūhtome mūhtomet 2nd person mūhtot mūhtode mūhtodet 3rd person muohtus muohtuska muohtuset

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