suohkan

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Lule Sami

Etymology

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Noun

suohkan

  1. municipality

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative suohkan
Genitive suohkana
Singular Plural
Nominative suohkan suohkana
Accusative suohkanav suohkanijt
Genitive suohkana suohkanij
Illative suohkanij suohkanijda
Inessive suohkanin suohkanijn
Elative suohkanis suohkanijs
Comitative suohkanijn suohkanij
Abessive suohkanadagá
suohkanadagi
suohkanijdagá
suohkanijdagi
Essive suohkanin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suohkanim
suohkanam
suohkanimme suohkanimme
2nd person suohkanit
suohkanat
suohkanihtte suohkanihtte
3rd person suohkanis suohkaniska suohkanisá

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Swedish socken, from Old Norse sókn, Proto-Germanic *sōkniz.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯hkan/

Noun

suohkan

  1. municipality
  2. a parish (part of a diocese).

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative suohkan
Genitive suohkana
Singular Plural
Nominative suohkan suohkanat
Accusative suohkana suohkaniid
Genitive suohkana suohkaniid
Illative suohkanii suohkaniidda
Locative suohkanis suohkaniin
Comitative suohkaniin suohkaniiguin
Essive suohkanin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person suohkanan suohkaneamẹ suohkaneamẹt
2nd person suohkanat suohkaneattẹ suohkaneattẹt
3rd person suohkanis suohkaneaskkạ suohkaneasẹt

Derived terms

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