čižži

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čińčē.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃidːd͡ʒiː/

Noun

čižži

  1. breast (of a woman)

Inflection
Even i-stem, žž-čč gradation
Nominative čižži
Genitive čičči
čiččẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative čižži čiččit
Accusative čičči čiččiid
Genitive čičči
čiččẹ		 čiččiid
Illative čižžái čiččiide
Locative čiččis čiččiin
Comitative čiččiin čiččiiguin
Essive čižžin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čižžán čižžáme čižžámet
2nd person čižžát čižžáde čižžádet
3rd person čižžis čižžiska čižžiset

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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