Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *kuolkë.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

guolga

  1. fur
  2. body hair

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative guolga
Genitive guolgga
Singular Plural
Nominative guolga guolggat
Accusative guolgga guolggaid
Genitive guolgga guolggaid
Illative gūlgii guolggaide
Locative guolggas guolggain
Comitative guolggain guolggaiguin
Essive guolgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guolgan guolgame guolgamet
2nd person guolgat guolgade guolgadet
3rd person guolgas guolgaska guolgaset

Further reading edit

  • 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