Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kuossē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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guosˈsi

  1. guest, visitor
  2. stranger

Inflection

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Even i-stem, sˈs-ss gradation
Nominative guosˈsi
Genitive guossi
guossẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative guosˈsi guossit
Accusative guossi gūssiid
Genitive guossi
guossẹ
gūssiid
Illative guosˈsái gūssiide
Locative guossis gūssiin
Comitative gūssiin gūssiiguin
Essive guosˈsin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person guosˈsán guosˈsáme guosˈsámet
2nd person guosˈsát guosˈsáde guosˈsádet
3rd person guosˈsis guosˈsiska guosˈsiset

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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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