Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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čuokkis

  1. point

Inflection

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Contracted i-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative čuokkis
Genitive čuoggá
Singular Plural
Nominative čuokkis čuoggát
Accusative čuoggá čuoggáid
Genitive čuoggá čuoggáid
Illative čuoggái čuoggáide
Locative čuoggás čuoggáin
Comitative čuoggáin čuoggáiguin
Essive čuokkisin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person čuoggán čuoggáme čuoggámet
2nd person čuoggát čuoggáde čuoggádet
3rd person čuoggás čuoggáska čuoggáset

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