guarrga

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuorkë.

Noun

guarrga

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Even a-stem, rrg-rg gradation
Nominative	guarrga
Genitive	guorga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guarrga	guorga
Accusative	guorgav	guorgajt
Genitive	guorga	guorgaj
Illative	guarrgaj	guorgajda
Inessive	guorgan	guorgajn
Elative	guorgast guorgas	guorgajst guorgajs
Comitative	guorgajn	guorgaj
Essive	guarrgan

Further reading

• guarrga in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• 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