Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čeaksë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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čeaksa

  1. omasum (third part of ruminant's stomach)

Inflection

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Even a-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative čeaksa
Genitive čeavssa
Singular Plural
Nominative čeaksa čeavssat
Accusative čeavssa čeavssaid
Genitive čeavssa čeavssaid
Illative čēksii čeavssaide
Locative čeavssas čeavssain
Comitative čeavssain čeavssaiguin
Essive čeaksan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čeaksan čeaksame čeaksamet
2nd person čeaksat čeaksade čeaksadet
3rd person čeaksas čeaksaska čeaksaset

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