soahti

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish sota, from Proto-Finnic *sota.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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soahti

  1. war

Inflection

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Even i-stem, ht-đ gradation
Nominative soahti
Genitive soađi
soađẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative soahti soađit
Accusative soađi sōđiid
Genitive soađi
soađẹ
sōđiid
Illative soahtái sōđiide
Locative soađis sōđiin
Comitative sōđiin sōđiiguin
Essive soahtin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person soahtán soahtáme soahtámet
2nd person soahtát soahtáde soahtádet
3rd person soahtis soahtiska soahtiset

Further reading

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  • 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