ruoksi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruovsē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ruoksi

  1. udder

Inflection

Even i-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative ruoksi
Genitive ruovssi
ruovssẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative ruoksi ruovssit
Accusative ruovssi rūvssiid
Genitive ruovssi
ruovssẹ 		rūvssiid
Illative ruoksái rūvssiide
Locative ruovssis rūvssiin
Comitative rūvssiin rūvssiiguin
Essive ruoksin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ruoksán ruoksáme ruoksámet
2nd person ruoksát ruoksáde ruoksádet
3rd person ruoksis ruoksiska ruoksiset

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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