roggi

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to roggat?”)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈroɡːɡiː/

Noun

roggi

1. depression, hollow
2. river valley

Inflection

Even i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative	roggi
Genitive	rokki rokkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	roggi	rokkit
Accusative	rokki	rokkiid
Genitive	rokki rokkẹ	rokkiid
Illative	roggái	rokkiide
Locative	rokkis	rokkiin
Comitative	rokkiin	rokkiiguin
Essive	roggin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person roggán roggáme roggámet 2nd person roggát roggáde roggádet 3rd person roggis roggiska roggiset

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