tjoargge

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoaδkē.

Noun

tjoargge

1. goldeneye (species of duck)

Inflection

Even e-stem, rgg-rg gradation
Nominative	tjoargge
Genitive	tjoarge
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tjoargge	tjoarge
Accusative	tjoargev	tjå̄rgijt
Genitive	tjoarge	tjå̄rgij
Illative	tjoarggáj	tjå̄rgijda
Inessive	tjoargen	tjå̄rgijn
Elative	tjoarges	tjå̄rgijs
Comitative	tjå̄rgijn	tjå̄rgij
Abessive	tjoargedagá tjoargedagi	tjå̄rgijdagá tjå̄rgijdagi
Essive	tjoarggen
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person tjoarggám tjoarggáma tjoarggáma 2nd person tjoarggát tjoarggáda tjoarggáda 3rd person tjoargges tjoarggeska tjoarggesa

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