suorgi

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word suorgi. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word suorgi, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say suorgi in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word suorgi you have here. The definition of the word suorgi will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsuorgi, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *suorkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

suorgi

  1. branch (of a tree)
  2. fork
  3. line of business, industry

Inflection

Even i-stem, rg-rgg gradation
Nominative suorgi
Genitive suorggi
suorggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative suorgi suorggit
Accusative suorggi sūrggiid
Genitive suorggi
suorggẹ 		sūrggiid
Illative suorgái sūrggiide
Locative suorggis sūrggiin
Comitative sūrggiin sūrggiiguin
Essive suorgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suorgán suorgáme suorgámet
2nd person suorgát suorgáde suorgádet
3rd person suorgis suorgiska suorgiset

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
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia