duodji
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Northern Sami duodji.
Noun
duodji (uncountable)
- The traditional Sami handicraft of making functional items such as knives and cups.
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *tuojē.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtuo̯ɟɟiː/
Noun
duodji
- duodji (Sami handicraft)
Inflection
| Even i-stem, dj-j gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | duodji | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | duoji duojẹ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | duodji | duojit | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | duoji | dūjiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | duoji duojẹ | dūjiid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | duodjái | dūjiide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | duojis | dūjiin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | dūjiin | dūjiiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | duodjin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: duodji
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