rivgu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rivkōjē, from North Germanic. Compare Old Norse rýgr (“lady, woman; giantess”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈrivːkuː/

Noun

rivgu

1. (colloquial) non-Sami (Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish) woman.

Inflection

Even u-stem, no gradation
Nominative	rivgu
Genitive	rivgu rivgọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rivgu	rivgut
Accusative	rivgu	rivgūid
Genitive	rivgu rivgọ	rivgūid
Illative	rivgui	rivgūide
Locative	rivgus	rivgūin
Comitative	rivgūin	rivgūiguin
Essive	rivgun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person rivgon rivgome rivgomet 2nd person rivgot rivgode rivgodet 3rd person rivgus rivguska rivguset

Descendants

• → Finnish: riuku (“young non-Sami woman”) (dialectal)

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