gussa

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kusë.

Noun

gussa

1. cow

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	gussa
Genitive	gusá
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gussa	gusá
Accusative	gusáv	gusájt
Genitive	gusá	gusáj
Illative	gussaj	gusájda
Inessive	gusán	gusájn
Elative	gusás	gusájs
Comitative	gusájn	gusáj
Abessive	gusádagá gusádagi	gusájdagá gusájdagi
Essive	gussan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gussam gussama gussama 2nd person gussat gussada gussada 3rd person gussas gussaska gussasa

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kusë, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkussa/

Noun

gussa

1. cow

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	gussa
Genitive	gusa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gussa	gusat
Accusative	gusa	gusaid
Genitive	gusa	gusaid
Illative	gussii	gusaide
Locative	gusas	gusain
Comitative	gusain	gusaiguin
Essive	gussan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gussan gussame gussamet 2nd person gussat gussade gussadet 3rd person gussas gussaska gussaset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kusë.

Noun

gussa

1. cow

Inflection

Even a-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative	gussa
Genitive	gusa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gussa	gusa
Accusative	gusav	gusajt
Genitive	gusa	gusaj
Illative	gussaj	gusajda
Inessive	gusan	gusajn
Elative	gusast gusas	gusajst gusajs
Comitative	gusajn	gusaj
Essive	gussan

Further reading

• gussa in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland