čuovgatoardna

Northern Sami

Etymology

From čuovga (“light”) +‎ toardna (“tower”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuo̯vːkaˌtʰoɑ̯rːtna/

Noun

čuovgatoardna

1. lighthouse

Inflection

Even a-stem, rdn-rtn gradation
Nominative	čuovgatoardna
Genitive	čuovgatoartna
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čuovgatoardna	čuovgatoartnat
Accusative	čuovgatoartna	čuovgatoartnaid
Genitive	čuovgatoartna	čuovgatoartnaid
Illative	čuovgatōrdnii	čuovgatoartnaide
Locative	čuovgatoartnas	čuovgatoartnain
Comitative	čuovgatoartnain	čuovgatoartnaiguin
Essive	čuovgatoardnan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čuovgatoardnan čuovgatoardname čuovgatoardnamet 2nd person čuovgatoardnat čuovgatoardnade čuovgatoardnadet 3rd person čuovgatoardnas čuovgatoardnaska čuovgatoardnaset

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