mirku

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic *mürkkü.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmirːkuː/

Noun

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mirku

  1. poison

Inflection

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Even u-stem, rk-rkk gradation
Nominative mirku
Genitive mirkku
mirkkọ
Singular Plural
Nominative mirku mirkkut
Accusative mirkku mirkkūid
Genitive mirkku
mirkkọ
mirkkūid
Illative mirkui mirkkūide
Locative mirkkus mirkkūin
Comitative mirkkūin mirkkūiguin
Essive mirkun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mirkon mirkome mirkomet
2nd person mirkot mirkode mirkodet
3rd person mirkus mirkuska mirkuset

Alternative forms

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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