biergu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pierkō, from Proto-Germanic *bergō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯rːkuː/

Noun

biergu

1. meat

   Synonym: oažži

Inflection

Even u-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative	biergu
Genitive	bierggu bierggọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biergu	bierggut
Accusative	bierggu	bierggūid
Genitive	bierggu bierggọ	bierggūid
Illative	bīrgui	bierggūide
Locative	bierggus	bierggūin
Comitative	bierggūin	bierggūiguin
Essive	biergun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bīrgon bīrgome bīrgomet 2nd person bīrgot bīrgode bīrgodet 3rd person biergus bierguska bierguset

Further reading

• 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