čivga

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čivkë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃivːka/

Noun

čivga

1. child
2. young (of an animal)

Inflection

Even a-stem, vg-vgg gradation
Nominative	čivga
Genitive	čivgga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čivga	čivggat
Accusative	čivgga	čivggaid
Genitive	čivgga	čivggaid
Illative	čivgii	čivggaide
Locative	čivggas	čivggain
Comitative	čivggain	čivggaiguin
Essive	čivgan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čivgan čivgame čivgamet 2nd person čivgat čivgade čivgadet 3rd person čivgas čivgaska čivgaset

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