guovssu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuoksōj.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guovssu

1. dawn, daybreak

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative	guovssu
Genitive	gūkso
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guovssu	gūksot
Accusative	gūkso	gūksuid
Genitive	gūkso	gūksuid
Illative	gūksui	gūksuide
Locative	gūksos	gūksuin
Comitative	gūksuin	gūksuiguin
Essive	guovssun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gūkson gūksome gūksomet 2nd person gūksot gūksode gūksodet 3rd person gūksos gūksoska gūksoset

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