čuoika

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čuoškë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čuoika

1. mosquito

Inflection

Even a-stem, ik-ikk gradation
Nominative	čuoika
Genitive	čuoikka
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čuoika	čuoikkat
Accusative	čuoikka	čuoikkaid
Genitive	čuoikka	čuoikkaid
Illative	čūikii	čuoikkaide
Locative	čuoikkas	čuoikkain
Comitative	čuoikkain	čuoikkaiguin
Essive	čuoikan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čuoikan čuoikame čuoikamet 2nd person čuoikat čuoikade čuoikadet 3rd person čuoikas čuoikaska čuoikaset

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