loaidu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *loajtō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈloɑ̯jːtuː/

Noun

loaidu

1. sleeping place

Inflection

Even u-stem, id-idd gradation
Nominative	loaidu
Genitive	loaiddu loaiddọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loaidu	loaiddut
Accusative	loaiddu	loaiddūid
Genitive	loaiddu loaiddọ	loaiddūid
Illative	lōidui	loaiddūide
Locative	loaiddus	loaiddūin
Comitative	loaiddūin	loaiddūiguin
Essive	loaidun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lōidon lōidome lōidomet 2nd person lōidot lōidode lōidodet 3rd person loaidus loaiduska loaiduset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland