dieigu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tiejkō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dieigu

1. radius (forearm bone)

Inflection

Even u-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative	dieigu
Genitive	dieiggu dieiggọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dieigu	dieiggut
Accusative	dieiggu	dieiggūid
Genitive	dieiggu dieiggọ	dieiggūid
Illative	dīigui	dieiggūide
Locative	dieiggus	dieiggūin
Comitative	dieiggūin	dieiggūiguin
Essive	dieigun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person dīigon dīigome dīigomet 2nd person dīigot dīigode dīigodet 3rd person dieigus dieiguska dieiguset

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