riggi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *riŋkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈriɡːɡiː/

Noun

riggi

1. chain
2. trammel hook

Inflection

Even i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative	riggi
Genitive	rikki rikkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	riggi	rikkit
Accusative	rikki	rikkiid
Genitive	rikki rikkẹ	rikkiid
Illative	riggái	rikkiide
Locative	rikkis	rikkiin
Comitative	rikkiin	rikkiiguin
Essive	riggin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person riggán riggáme riggámet 2nd person riggát riggáde riggádet 3rd person riggis riggiska riggiset

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