Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *kuoksōj.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

guovssu

  1. dawn, daybreak

Inflection edit

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 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