girrko

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English circe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “Lord”). Samic cognates include Northern Sami girku and Southern Sami gærhkoe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirːʰko/, [ˈkirr̥ko]

Noun

girrko

1. church

Inflection

Even o-stem, rrk-rk gradation
Nominative	girrko
Genitive	girko
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	girrko	girko
Accusative	girkov	girkojt
Genitive	girko	girkoj
Illative	girrkuj	girkojda
Inessive	girkon	girkojn
Elative	girkost girkos	girkojst girkojs
Comitative	girkujn	girkoj
Essive	girrkon

Further reading

• girrko in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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
• Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press