Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *teakkē, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

deahkki

  1. muscle

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative deahkki
Genitive deahki
deahkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative deahkki deahkit
Accusative deahki dēhkiid
Genitive deahki
deahkẹ
dēhkiid
Illative deahkkái dēhkiide
Locative deahkis dēhkiin
Comitative dēhkiin dēhkiiguin
Essive deahkkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person deahkkán deahkkáme deahkkámet
2nd person deahkkát deahkkáde deahkkádet
3rd person deahkkis deahkkiska deahkkiset

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