mearka
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently ultimately from Old Norse mark, from Proto-Germanic *marką.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mearka
Inflection
[edit]| Even a-stem, rk-rkk gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | mearka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | mearkka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | mearka | mearkkat | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | mearkka | mearkkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | mearkka | mearkkaid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | mērkii | mearkkaide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | mearkkas | mearkkain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | mearkkain | mearkkaiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | mearkan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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