gázzi

Northern Sami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Samic *kāncē.

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

Noun

gázzi

  1. gang, band, crowd
  2. group, party (group of people gathered in one place for common cause)
  3. entourage, retinue (group of attendants, associates or followers)
  4. whole family, household

Declension
Even i-stem, zz-cc gradation
Nominative gázzi
Genitive gácci
gáccẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative gázzi gáccit
Accusative gácci gácciid
Genitive gácci
gáccẹ		 gácciid
Illative gázzái gácciide
Locative gáccis gácciin
Comitative gácciin gácciiguin
Essive gázzin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gázzán gázzáme gázzámet
2nd person gázzát gázzáde gázzádet
3rd person gázzis gázziska gázziset

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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