čuoika

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čuoškë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

čuoika

  1. mosquito

Inflection

Even a-stem, ik-ikk gradation
Nominative čuoika
Genitive čuoikka
Singular Plural
Nominative čuoika čuoikkat
Accusative čuoikka čuoikkaid
Genitive čuoikka čuoikkaid
Illative čūikii čuoikkaide
Locative čuoikkas čuoikkain
Comitative čuoikkain čuoikkaiguin
Essive čuoikan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čuoikan čuoikame čuoikamet
2nd person čuoikat čuoikade čuoikadet
3rd person čuoikas čuoikaska čuoikaset

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
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