Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čoaδkē.

Noun

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tjoargge

  1. goldeneye (species of duck)

Inflection

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Even e-stem, rgg-rg gradation
Nominative tjoargge
Genitive tjoarge
Singular Plural
Nominative tjoargge tjoarge
Accusative tjoargev tjå̄rgijt
Genitive tjoarge tjå̄rgij
Illative tjoarggáj tjå̄rgijda
Inessive tjoargen tjå̄rgijn
Elative tjoarges tjå̄rgijs
Comitative tjå̄rgijn tjå̄rgij
Abessive tjoargedagá
tjoargedagi
tjå̄rgijdagá
tjå̄rgijdagi
Essive tjoarggen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjoarggám tjoarggáma tjoarggáma
2nd person tjoarggát tjoarggáda tjoarggáda
3rd person tjoargges tjoarggeska tjoarggesa

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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