ка̄ккш

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Kildin Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāvšō, likely of substrate origin. Cognates include Northern Sami gákšu (she-wolf) and Ter Sami ка̄ккша (kâ̄kkšâ).

May be related to Skolt Sami kašš (bitch (female dog)).

Pronunciation

Noun

ка̄ккш (kākkš)

  1. (specialised, dog-breeding) A female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother.

Inflection

Declension of ка̄ккш (type I noun, ккш-кш gradation)
Nominative ка̄ккш (kākkš)
Genitive ка̄кш (kākš)
Dative-Illative коа̄ккшэ (kååkkše)
Comitative ка̄кшэнҍ (kākšen’)
singular plural
Nominative ка̄ккш (kākkš) ка̄кш (kākš)
Accusative ка̄кш (kākš) ка̄кшэтҍ (kākšet’)
Genitive ка̄кш (kākš) ка̄кшэ (kākše)
Dative-Illative коа̄ккшэ (kååkkše) ка̄кшэтҍ (kākšet’)
Locative ка̄кшэсьт (kākšes’t) ка̄кшэнҍ (kākšen’)
Comitative ка̄кшэнҍ (kākšen’) ка̄кшэгуэйм (kākšeguejm)
Abessive ка̄кшха (kākšxa) ка̄кшэха (kākšexa)
Essive ка̄ккшэнҍ (kākkšen’)
Partitive ка̄ккшэ (kākkše)

(obsolete, dialectal)

Declension of ка̄ккш (type I noun, ккш-вш gradation)
Nominative ка̄ккш (kākkš)
Genitive ка̄вш (kāvš)
Dative-Illative ка̄ккшэ (kākkše)
Comitative ка̄вшэнҍ (kāvšen’)
singular plural
Nominative ка̄ккш (kākkš) ка̄вш (kāvš)
Accusative ка̄вш (kāvš) ка̄вшэтҍ (kāvšet’)
Genitive ка̄вш (kāvš) ка̄вшэ (kāvše)
Dative-Illative ка̄ккшэ (kākkše) ка̄вшэтҍ (kāvšet’)
Locative ка̄вшэсьт (kāvšes’t) ка̄вшэнҍ (kāvšen’)
Comitative ка̄вшэнҍ (kāvšen’) ка̄вшэгуэйм (kāvšeguejm)
Abessive ка̄вшха (kāvšxa) ка̄вшэха (kāvšexa)
Essive ка̄ккшэнҍ (kākkšen’)
Partitive ка̄ккшэ (kākkše)

Hypernyms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kā͕k̄š”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • A. A. Antonova (2014) A.M. Agejeva, S.N. Galkin, D.M. Homyuk, E. Sheller, editors, Саамско-русский словарь, Мурманский областной центр коренных малочисленных народов севера, →ISBN, page 85
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kā͕k̄š”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, page 841