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Finnish
Noun
massit
- nominative plural of massi
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *mëssētēk, borrowed from Proto-Norse (*missja-), from Proto-Germanic *missijaną.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmasːsiːh(t)/
Verb
masˈsit
- to lose
- to miss
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland