ávki

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaːvːkiː/

Noun

ávki

1. advantage, gain, benefit

Inflection

Even i-stem, vk-vkk gradation
Nominative	ávki
Genitive	ávkki ávkkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ávki	ávkkit
Accusative	ávkki	ávkkiid
Genitive	ávkki ávkkẹ	ávkkiid
Illative	ávkái	ávkkiide
Locative	ávkkis	ávkkiin
Comitative	ávkkiin	ávkkiiguin
Essive	ávkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ávkán ávkáme ávkámet 2nd person ávkát ávkáde ávkádet 3rd person ávkis ávkiska ávkiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland