čoađgi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čoaδkē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śoðka.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɑ̯ðːkiː/

Noun

čoađgi

1. common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula

Inflection

Even i-stem, đg-đgg gradation
Nominative	čoađgi
Genitive	čoađggi čoađggẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čoađgi	čoađggit
Accusative	čoađggi	čōđggiid
Genitive	čoađggi čoađggẹ	čōđggiid
Illative	čoađgái	čōđggiide
Locative	čoađggis	čōđggiin
Comitative	čōđggiin	čōđggiiguin
Essive	čoađgin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čoađgán čoađgáme čoađgámet 2nd person čoađgát čoađgáde čoađgádet 3rd person čoađgis čoađgiska čoađgiset

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