ruovdi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ruovtē, from Pre-Samic *rawta, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (“red”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈruo̯vːtiː/

Noun

ruovdi

  1. iron (metal)

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
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