márfi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mārfē, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᚨᚱᚺᚹᚨ- (*marhwa-); cognate with Old Norse mǫrr, Faroese mørur.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

márfi

  1. sausage

Inflection

Even i-stem, rf-rff gradation
Nominative márfi
Genitive márffi
márffẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative márfi márffit
Accusative márffi márffiid
Genitive márffi
márffẹ 		márffiid
Illative márfái márffiide
Locative márffis márffiin
Comitative márffiin márffiiguin
Essive márfin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person márfán márfáme márfámet
2nd person márfát márfáde márfádet
3rd person márfis márfiska márfiset

Derived terms

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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