guorga

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kuorkë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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guorga

  1. crane (bird)

Inflection

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Even a-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative guorga
Genitive guorgga
Singular Plural
Nominative guorga guorggat
Accusative guorgga guorggaid
Genitive guorgga guorggaid
Illative gūrgii guorggaide
Locative guorggas guorggain
Comitative guorggain guorggaiguin
Essive guorgan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guorgan guorgame guorgamet
2nd person guorgat guorgade guorgadet
3rd person guorgas guorgaska guorgaset

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