bakku

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëŋkōj.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpakkuː/

Noun

bakku

  1. hazel grouse

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative bakku
Genitive baggo
Singular Plural
Nominative bakku baggot
Accusative baggo bagguid
Genitive baggo bagguid
Illative baggui bagguide
Locative baggos bagguin
Comitative bagguin bagguiguin
Essive bakkun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person baggon baggome baggomet
2nd person baggot baggode baggodet
3rd person baggos baggoska baggoset

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