spártu

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Northern Sami

Etymology

Derived from a North Germanic language, compare Norwegian Nynorsk vorte.

Cognate with Southern Sami vaahtere, Ume Sami (vàrʿtoo), Pite Sami (vār̆ʜ̄tu̬ȯ), Lule Sami vártto, Kildin Sami воа̄ҏҏт (våår̥r̥t), Inari Sami (spȧrttu) and Skolt Sami värtt.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

spártu

  1. a wart

Inflection

Even u-stem, rt-rtt gradation
Nominative spártu
Genitive spárttu
spárttọ
Singular Plural
Nominative spártu spárttut
Accusative spárttu spárttūid
Genitive spárttu
spárttọ 		spárttūid
Illative spártui spárttūide
Locative spárttus spárttūin
Comitative spárttūin spárttūiguin
Essive spártun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person spárton spártome spártomet
2nd person spártot spártode spártodet
3rd person spártus spártuska spártuset

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “vɑ̄r̀ʿt”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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