juolgi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *juolkē, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *jalka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

juolgi

  1. foot
  2. leg

Inflection

Even i-stem, lg-lgg gradation
Nominative juolgi
Genitive juolggi
juolggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative juolgi juolggit
Accusative juolggi jūlggiid
Genitive juolggi
juolggẹ 		jūlggiid
Illative juolgái jūlggiide
Locative juolggis jūlggiin
Comitative jūlggiin jūlggiiguin
Essive juolgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person juolgán juolgáme juolgámet
2nd person juolgát juolgáde juolgádet
3rd person juolgis juolgiska juolgiset

Further reading

  • 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
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