gierkke

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keatkē.

Noun

gierkke

  1. wolverine

Inflection

Even e-stem, rkk-rk gradation
Nominative gierkke
Genitive gierke
Singular Plural
Nominative gierkke gierke
Accusative gierkev gierkijt
Genitive gierke gierkij
Illative gärkkáj gierkijda
Inessive gierken gierkijn
Elative gierkes gierkijs
Comitative gierkijn gierkij
Abessive gierkedagá
gierkedagi 		gierkijdagá
gierkijdagi
Essive gierkken
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gärkkám gärkkáma gärkkáma
2nd person gärkkát gärkkáda gärkkáda
3rd person gierkkes gierkkeska gierkkesa

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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