muohcu

Northern Sami

Etymology

Related to Finnish mato, likely loaned from an Indo-Iranian language.

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmuo̯ht͡suː/

Noun

muohcu

  1. moth

Inflection

Even u-stem, hc-z gradation
Nominative muohcu
Genitive muozu
muozọ
Singular Plural
Nominative muohcu muozut
Accusative muozu muozūid
Genitive muozu
muozọ 		muozūid
Illative mūhcui muozūide
Locative muozus muozūin
Comitative muozūin muozūiguin
Essive muohcun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mūhcon mūhcome mūhcomet
2nd person mūhcot mūhcode mūhcodet
3rd person muohcus muohcuska muohcuset

Further reading

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