vuokta

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vuoptë, from Proto-Uralic *ëpte.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vuokta

  1. hair

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative vuokta
Genitive vuovtta
Singular Plural
Nominative vuokta vuovttat
Accusative vuovtta vuovttaid
Genitive vuovtta vuovttaid
Illative vūktii vuovttaide
Locative vuovttas vuovttain
Comitative vuovttain vuovttaiguin
Essive vuoktan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vuoktan vuoktame vuoktamet
2nd person vuoktat vuoktade vuoktadet
3rd person vuoktas vuoktaska vuoktaset

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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