guolga

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuolkë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkuo̯lːka/

Noun

guolga

1. fur
2. body hair

Inflection

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

• 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