Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *eakkēntē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈe̯ahkeh(t)/

Noun

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eahkẹt

  1. evening

Inflection

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Odd, no gradation
Nominative eahkẹt
Genitive eahkẹda
Singular Plural
Nominative eahkẹt eahkẹdat
Accusative eahkẹda eahkẹdiid
Genitive eahkẹda eahkẹdiid
Illative eahkẹdii eahkẹdiidda
Locative eahkẹdis eahkẹdiin
Comitative eahkẹdiin eahkẹdiiguin
Essive eahkẹdin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person eahkẹdan eahkẹdeamẹ eahkẹdeamẹt
2nd person eahkẹdat eahkẹdeattẹ eahkẹdeattẹt
3rd person eahkẹdis eahkẹdeaskkạ eahkẹdeasẹt

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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