cearki

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

cearki

1. bowl, cup

Inflection

Even i-stem, rk-rkk gradation
Nominative	cearki
Genitive	cearkki cearkkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cearki	cearkkit
Accusative	cearkki	cērkkiid
Genitive	cearkki cearkkẹ	cērkkiid
Illative	cearkái	cērkkiide
Locative	cearkkis	cērkkiin
Comitative	cērkkiin	cērkkiiguin
Essive	cearkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person cearkán cearkáme cearkámet 2nd person cearkát cearkáde cearkádet 3rd person cearkis cearkiska cearkiset

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