Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃurːke/

Noun

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čurge

  1. grey dog

Inflection

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Even e-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative čurge
Genitive čurgge
Singular Plural
Nominative čurge čurgget
Accusative čurgge čurggiid
Genitive čurgge čurggiid
Illative čurgii čurggiide
Locative čurgges čurggiin
Comitative čurggiin čurggiiguin
Essive čurgen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čurgen čurgeme čurgemet
2nd person čurget čurgede čurgedet
3rd person čurges čurgeska čurgeset

Further reading

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  • 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