Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *sāŋkē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

sággi

  1. stick
  2. splint
  3. knitting needle

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative sággi
Genitive sákki
sákkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative sággi sákkit
Accusative sákki sákkiid
Genitive sákki
sákkẹ
sákkiid
Illative sággái sákkiide
Locative sákkis sákkiin
Comitative sákkiin sákkiiguin
Essive sággin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person sággán sággáme sággámet
2nd person sággát sággáde sággádet
3rd person sággis sággiska sággiset

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