bakku

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pëŋkōj.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpakkuː/

Noun

bakku

1. hazel grouse

Inflection

Contracted u-stem, gg-kk gradation
Nominative	bakku
Genitive	baggo
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bakku	baggot
Accusative	baggo	bagguid
Genitive	baggo	bagguid
Illative	baggui	bagguide
Locative	baggos	bagguin
Comitative	bagguin	bagguiguin
Essive	bakkun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person baggon baggome baggomet 2nd person baggot baggode baggodet 3rd person baggos baggoska baggoset

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