rosttov

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Skolt Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Karelian rostuva from Russian Рождество́ (Roždestvó).[1]

Noun

rosttov

  1. Christmas

Inflection

Inflection
Nominative rosttov
Genitive rosttov
singular plural
Nominative rosttov rosttov
Accusative rosttov rosttvid
Genitive rosttov rosttvi
Illative rosttva rosttvid
Locative rosttvest rosttvin
Comitative rosttvin rosttvivuiʹm
Abessive rosttovtää
rosttovtaa
rosttvitää
rosttvitaa
Essive rosttven
Partitive rosttved

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Juutinen, Markus. 2022. “Russian Loanwords in Skolt Saami”. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2022 (67):75–126. https://doi.org/10.33339/fuf.110737.

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