roggi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *roŋkē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈroɡːɡiː/

Noun

roggi

  1. depression, hollow
  2. river valley

Inflection

Even i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative roggi
Genitive rokki
rokkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative roggi rokkit
Accusative rokki rokkiid
Genitive rokki
rokkẹ
rokkiid
Illative roggái rokkiide
Locative rokkis rokkiin
Comitative rokkiin rokkiiguin
Essive roggin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person roggán roggáme roggámet
2nd person roggát roggáde roggádet
3rd person roggis roggiska roggiset

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