guossi

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kuossē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

guosˈsi

1. guest, visitor
2. stranger

Inflection

Even i-stem, sˈs-ss gradation
Nominative	guosˈsi
Genitive	guossi guossẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	guosˈsi	guossit
Accusative	guossi	gūssiid
Genitive	guossi guossẹ	gūssiid
Illative	guosˈsái	gūssiide
Locative	guossis	gūssiin
Comitative	gūssiin	gūssiiguin
Essive	guosˈsin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person guosˈsán guosˈsáme guosˈsámet 2nd person guosˈsát guosˈsáde guosˈsádet 3rd person guosˈsis guosˈsiska guosˈsiset

Derived terms

• gūsˈsolaš

Further reading

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