Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čivkë.

Noun

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tjivgga

  1. young animal

Inflection

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Even a-stem, vgg-vg gradation
Nominative tjivgga
Genitive tjivga
Singular Plural
Nominative tjivgga tjivga
Accusative tjivgav tjivgajt
Genitive tjivga tjivgaj
Illative tjivggaj tjivgajda
Inessive tjivgan tjivgajn
Elative tjivgas tjivgajs
Comitative tjivgajn tjivgaj
Abessive tjivgadagá
tjivgadagi
tjivgajdagá
tjivgajdagi
Essive tjivggan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjivggam tjivggama tjivggama
2nd person tjivggat tjivggada tjivggada
3rd person tjivggas tjivggaska tjivggasa

Further reading

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  • 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