almmivierca

Northern Sami

Etymology

From albmi (“sky”) +‎ vierca (“ram”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

almmivierca

1. common snipe, Gallinago gallinago

Inflection

Even a-stem, rc-rcc gradation
Nominative	almmivierca
Genitive	almmiviercca
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	almmivierca	almmivierccat
Accusative	almmiviercca	almmivierccaid
Genitive	almmiviercca	almmivierccaid
Illative	almmivīrcii	almmivierccaide
Locative	almmivierccas	almmivierccain
Comitative	almmivierccain	almmivierccaiguin
Essive	almmiviercan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person almmiviercan almmiviercame almmiviercamet 2nd person almmiviercat almmiviercade almmiviercadet 3rd person almmiviercas almmiviercaska almmiviercaset

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