čuorggut

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuo̯rːkkuːh(t)/

Noun

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čuorggut

  1. animal with grey hair like an old person

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative čuorggut
Genitive čuorgguha
Singular Plural
Nominative čuorggut čuorgguhat
Accusative čuorgguha čuorgguhiid
Genitive čuorgguha čuorgguhiid
Illative čuorgguhii čuorgguhiidda
Locative čuorgguhis čuorgguhiin
Comitative čuorgguhiin čuorgguhiiguin
Essive čuorgguhin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čuorgguhan čuorgguheamẹ čuorgguheamẹt
2nd person čuorgguhat čuorgguheattẹ čuorgguheattẹt
3rd person čuorgguhis čuorgguheaskkạ čuorgguheasẹt

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