girrko

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Pite Sami

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English circe, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “Lord”). Samic cognates include Northern Sami girku and Southern Sami gærhkoe.

Pronunciation

Noun

girrko

  1. church

Inflection

Even o-stem, rrk-rk gradation
Nominative girrko
Genitive girko
Singular Plural
Nominative girrko girko
Accusative girkov girkojt
Genitive girko girkoj
Illative girrkuj girkojda
Inessive girkon girkojn
Elative girkost
girkos 		girkojst
girkojs
Comitative girkujn girkoj
Essive girrkon

Further reading

  • girrko in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press
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