eahki

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eakē.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈea̯hkiː/

Noun

eahki

  1. paternal uncle older than one's father; father's older brother

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative eahki
Genitive eagi
eagẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative eahki eagit
Accusative eagi ēgiid
Genitive eagi
eagẹ 		ēgiid
Illative eahkái ēgiide
Locative eagis ēgiin
Comitative ēgiin ēgiiguin
Essive eahkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person eahkán eahkáme eahkámet
2nd person eahkát eahkáde eahkádet
3rd person eahkis eahkiska eahkiset

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
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