biergu

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *pierkō, from Proto-Germanic *bergō.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpie̯rːkuː/

Noun

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biergu

  1. meat
    Synonym: oažži

Inflection

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Even u-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative biergu
Genitive bierggu
bierggọ
Singular Plural
Nominative biergu bierggut
Accusative bierggu bierggūid
Genitive bierggu
bierggọ
bierggūid
Illative bīrgui bierggūide
Locative bierggus bierggūin
Comitative bierggūin bierggūiguin
Essive biergun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person bīrgon bīrgome bīrgomet
2nd person bīrgot bīrgode bīrgodet
3rd person biergus bierguska bierguset

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