suorgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suorkē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯rːkiː/

Noun

suorgi

  1. branch (of a tree)
  2. fork
  3. line of business, industry

Inflection
Even i-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative suorgi
Genitive suorggi
suorggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suorgi suorggit
Accusative suorggi sūrggiid
Genitive suorggi
suorggẹ		 sūrggiid
Illative suorgái sūrggiide
Locative suorggis sūrggiin
Comitative sūrggiin sūrggiiguin
Essive suorgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suorgán suorgáme suorgámet
2nd person suorgát suorgáde suorgádet
3rd person suorgis suorgiska suorgiset

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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