suáhi

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soakē.

Noun

suáhi

  1. birch

Inflection

Even i-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative suáhi
Genitive suáṿi
Singular Plural
Nominative suáhi suáṿih
Accusative suáṿi sooṿijd
Genitive suáṿi soṿij
sooṿij
Illative suáhán sovvijd
Locative suáṿist sooṿijn
Comitative sovvijn soṿijguin
Abessive suáˈṿittáá soṿijttáá
Essive suáḥin
Partitive suáḥid
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person

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