duoddi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuontē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

duoddi

1. protection
2. something which saves, economises

Inflection

Even i-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative	duoddi
Genitive	duotti duottẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duoddi	duottit
Accusative	duotti	dūttiid
Genitive	duotti duottẹ	dūttiid
Illative	duoddái	dūttiide
Locative	duottis	dūttiin
Comitative	dūttiin	dūttiiguin
Essive	duoddin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duoddán duoddáme duoddámet 2nd person duoddát duoddáde duoddádet 3rd person duoddis duoddiska duoddiset

Further reading

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