rivgu
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Samic *rivkōjē, from North Germanic. Compare Old Norse rýgr (“lady, woman; giantess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rivgu
- (colloquial) non-Sami (Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish) woman.
Inflection
[edit]| Even u-stem, no gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | rivgu | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | rivgu rivgọ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | rivgu | rivgut | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | rivgu | rivgūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | rivgu rivgọ |
rivgūid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | rivgui | rivgūide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | rivgus | rivgūin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | rivgūin | rivgūiguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | rivgun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: riuku (“young non-Sami woman”) (dialectal)
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
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- Northern Sami terms inherited from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Northern Sami terms derived from North Germanic languages
- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 2-syllable words
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami nouns
- Northern Sami colloquialisms
- Northern Sami even nouns
- Northern Sami even u-stem nouns
- Northern Sami non-gradating even nouns