Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *čëkē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

čahki

  1. clump, lump

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative čahki
Genitive čagi
čagẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative čahki čagit
Accusative čagi čagiid
Genitive čagi
čagẹ
čagiid
Illative čahkái čagiide
Locative čagis čagiin
Comitative čagiin čagiiguin
Essive čahkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čahkán čahkáme čahkámet
2nd person čahkát čahkáde čahkádet
3rd person čahkis čahkiska čahkiset

Further reading edit

  • 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