sáttu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *sāntōj, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*sandaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *samdaz.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsaːttuː/

Noun

sáttu

  1. sand

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative sáttu
Genitive sáddo
Singular Plural
Nominative sáttu sáddot
Accusative sáddo sádduid
Genitive sáddo sádduid
Illative sáddui sádduide
Locative sáddos sádduin
Comitative sádduin sádduiguin
Essive sáttun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sáddon sáddome sáddomet
2nd person sáddot sáddode sáddodet
3rd person sáddos sáddoska sáddoset

Derived terms

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