čuohki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *čuokē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuo̯hkiː/

Noun

čuohki

1. frost on the ground

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	čuohki
Genitive	čuogi čuogẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	čuohki	čuogit
Accusative	čuogi	čūgiid
Genitive	čuogi čuogẹ	čūgiid
Illative	čuohkái	čūgiide
Locative	čuogis	čūgiin
Comitative	čūgiin	čūgiiguin
Essive	čuohkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person čuohkán čuohkáme čuohkámet 2nd person čuohkát čuohkáde čuohkádet 3rd person čuohkis čuohkiska čuohkiset

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