Kildin Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *kākkā.

Cognates include Northern Sami gáhkká, Skolt Sami kakk and Ter Sami ка̄һһке (kâ̄hhkʼe).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ка̄һк (kāhk)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete or dialectal) eyeball
    Synonym: чалльмка̄һк (čall’mkāhk)

Inflection

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Declension of ка̄һк (type I noun, һк-гк gradation)
Nominative ка̄һк (kāhk)
Genitive ка̄гк (kāgk)
Dative-Illative ка̄һкӭ (kāhk’e)
Comitative ка̄гкэнҍ (kāgken’)
singular plural
Nominative ка̄һк (kāhk) ка̄гк (kāgk)
Accusative ка̄гк (kāgk) ка̄гкэтҍ (kāgket’)
Genitive ка̄гк (kāgk) ка̄гкэ (kāgke)
Dative-Illative ка̄һкӭ (kāhk’e) ка̄гкэтҍ (kāgket’)
Locative ка̄гкэсьт (kāgkes’t) ка̄гкэнҍ (kāgken’)
Comitative ка̄гкэнҍ (kāgken’) ка̄гкэгуэйм (kāgkeguejm)
Abessive ка̄гкха (kāgkxa) ка̄гкэха (kāgkexa)
Essive ка̄һкэнҍ (kāhken’)
Partitive ка̄һкэ (kāhke)

See also

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “kāɔ̀k̀”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • T. I. Itkonen (1958) “kāɔ̀k̀”, in Koltan- ja kuolanlapin sanakirja [Skolt and Kola Sami dictionary]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 82, 643