lávkkis

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *lāvkkēs, borrowed from Proto-Norse (*flauhaz), from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz.

Noun

lávkkis

  1. flea

Inflection

Contracted i-stem, vk-vkk gradation
Nominative lávkkis
Genitive lávká
Singular Plural
Nominative lávkkis lávkát
Accusative lávká lávkáid
Genitive lávká lávkáid
Illative lávkái lávkáide
Locative lávkás lávkáin
Comitative lávkáin lávkáiguin
Essive lávkkisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person lávkán lávkáme lávkámet
2nd person lávkát lávkáde lávkádet
3rd person lávkás lávkáska lávkáset

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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