mirku

See also: Mirku

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish myrkky, from Proto-Finnic *mürkkü.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmirːkuː/

Noun

mirku

1. poison

Inflection

Even u-stem, rk-rkk gradation
Nominative	mirku
Genitive	mirkku mirkkọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mirku	mirkkut
Accusative	mirkku	mirkkūid
Genitive	mirkku mirkkọ	mirkkūid
Illative	mirkui	mirkkūide
Locative	mirkkus	mirkkūin
Comitative	mirkkūin	mirkkūiguin
Essive	mirkun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person mirkon mirkome mirkomet 2nd person mirkot mirkode mirkodet 3rd person mirkus mirkuska mirkuset

Alternative forms

• mirkko

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