Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *čeacē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

čeahci

  1. paternal uncle, younger than father

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hc-z gradation
Nominative čeahci
Genitive čeazi
čeazẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative čeahci čeazit
Accusative čeazi čēziid
Genitive čeazi
čeazẹ
čēziid
Illative čeahcái čēziide
Locative čeazis čēziin
Comitative čēziin čēziiguin
Essive čeahcin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čeahcán čeahcáme čeahcámet
2nd person čeahcát čeahcáde čeahcádet
3rd person čeahcis čeahciska čeahciset

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