bivgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpivːkiː/

Noun

bivgi

1. barley

Inflection

Even i-stem, vg-vgg gradation
Nominative	bivgi
Genitive	bivggi bivggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bivgi	bivggit
Accusative	bivggi	bivggiid
Genitive	bivggi bivggẹ	bivggiid
Illative	bivgái	bivggiide
Locative	bivggis	bivggiin
Comitative	bivggiin	bivggiiguin
Essive	bivgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bivgán bivgáme bivgámet 2nd person bivgát bivgáde bivgádet 3rd person bivgis bivgiska bivgiset

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