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Proto-Samic
Etymology
From earlier *käki, cognate with Proto-Finnic *käki, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian dzeguze, Lithuanian gegė, gegužė).
Noun
*kiekë
- cuckoo
Inflection
Even
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Nominative
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*kiekë
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Genitive
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*kiek̯ën
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*kiekë
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*kiek̯ëk
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Accusative
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*kiek̯ëm
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*kiek̯ëjtē
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Partitive
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*kiekëtē
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Genitive
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*kiek̯ën
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*kiek̯ëj
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Essive
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*kiekënē
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*kiek̯ëjnē
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Inessive
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*kiek̯ësnē
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Elative
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*kiek̯ëstē
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*kiek̯ëjstē
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Illative
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*kiekës̯ën
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—
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Comitative
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*kiek̯ëjnē *kiek̯ëjnë
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—
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Abessive
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*kiek̯ëptāk̯ëk
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—
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Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
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