rivgu

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rivkōjē, from North Germanic. Compare Old Norse rýgr (“lady, woman; giantess”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈrivːkuː/

Noun

rivgu

  1. (colloquial) non-Sami (Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish) woman.

Inflection

Even u-stem, no gradation
Nominative rivgu
Genitive rivgu
rivgọ
Singular Plural
Nominative rivgu rivgut
Accusative rivgu rivgūid
Genitive rivgu
rivgọ 		rivgūid
Illative rivgui rivgūide
Locative rivgus rivgūin
Comitative rivgūin rivgūiguin
Essive rivgun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person rivgon rivgome rivgomet
2nd person rivgot rivgode rivgodet
3rd person rivgus rivguska rivguset

Descendants

  • → Finnish: riuku (“young non-Sami woman”) (dialectal)

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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