čurti

See also: curti and curtí

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃurːtiː/

Noun

čurti

1. behind, buttocks

Inflection

Even i-stem, rt-rtt gradation
Nominative	čurti
Genitive	čurtti čurttẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čurti	čurttit
Accusative	čurtti	čurttiid
Genitive	čurtti čurttẹ	čurttiid
Illative	čurtái	čurttiide
Locative	čurttis	čurttiin
Comitative	čurttiin	čurttiiguin
Essive	čurtin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čurtán čurtáme čurtámet 2nd person čurtát čurtáde čurtádet 3rd person čurtis čurtiska čurtiset

Derived terms

• čurtát

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland