Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian potet and Swedish potät.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpuðeh(t)/

Noun

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buđet

  1. potato
    Synonyms: bohtás, buđeita

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative buđet
Genitive buđeha
Singular Plural
Nominative buđet buđehat
Accusative buđeha buđehiid
Genitive buđeha buđehiid
Illative buđehii buđehiidda
Locative buđehis buđehiin
Comitative buđehiin buđehiiguin
Essive buđehin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person buđehan buđeheamẹ buđeheamẹt
2nd person buđehat buđeheattẹ buđeheattẹt
3rd person buđehis buđeheaskkạ buđeheasẹt

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