bákŋi

See also: bakni

Northern Sami

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *päŋe (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːtɲiː/

Noun

bákŋi

1. the base of a reindeer antler

Inflection

Even i-stem, kŋ-vŋŋ gradation
Nominative	bákŋi
Genitive	bávŋŋi bávŋŋẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bákŋi	bávŋŋit
Accusative	bávŋŋi	bávŋŋiid
Genitive	bávŋŋi bávŋŋẹ	bávŋŋiid
Illative	bákŋái	bávŋŋiide
Locative	bávŋŋis	bávŋŋiin
Comitative	bávŋŋiin	bávŋŋiiguin
Essive	bákŋin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person bákŋán bákŋáme bákŋámet 2nd person bákŋát bákŋáde bákŋádet 3rd person bákŋis bákŋiska bákŋiset

Further reading

• 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