guarrga

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuorkë.

Noun

guarrga

  1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Even a-stem, rrg-rg gradation
Nominative guarrga
Genitive guorga
Singular Plural
Nominative guarrga guorga
Accusative guorgav guorgajt
Genitive guorga guorgaj
Illative guarrgaj guorgajda
Inessive guorgan guorgajn
Elative guorgast
guorgas 		guorgajst
guorgajs
Comitative guorgajn guorgaj
Essive guarrgan

Further reading

  • guarrga in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
  • 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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