rinči

See also: rincí and rincî

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

rinči

1. half-naked person

Inflection

Even i-stem, nč-nčč gradation
Nominative	rinči
Genitive	rinčči rinččẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rinči	rinččit
Accusative	rinčči	rinččiid
Genitive	rinčči rinččẹ	rinččiid
Illative	rinčái	rinččiide
Locative	rinččis	rinččiin
Comitative	rinččiin	rinččiiguin
Essive	rinčin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rinčán rinčáme rinčámet 2nd person rinčát rinčáde rinčádet 3rd person rinčis rinčiska rinčiset

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