muoddá

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Northern Sami

Man and woman from Karasjok in 'muoddá'. Picture from 'Norway's National Costumes' from 1852.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

muoddá

  1. (especially an old and worn-out one) a garment made from the skin of a reindeer calf, especially used by the Sami people

Inflection

Even á-stem, dd-tt gradation
Nominative muoddá
Genitive muottá
Singular Plural
Nominative muoddá muottát
Accusative muottá muottáid
Genitive muottá muottáid
Illative muoddái muottáide
Locative muottás muottáin
Comitative muottáin muottáiguin
Essive muoddán
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person muoddán muoddáme muoddámet
2nd person muoddát muoddáde muoddádet
3rd person muoddás muoddáska muoddáset

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: mudd

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
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