Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *peackë.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

beaska

  1. reindeer fur coat

Inflection edit

Even a-stem, sk-skk gradation
Nominative beaska
Genitive beaskka
Singular Plural
Nominative beaska beaskkat
Accusative beaskka beaskkaid
Genitive beaskka beaskkaid
Illative bēskii beaskkaide
Locative beaskkas beaskkain
Comitative beaskkain beaskkaiguin
Essive beaskan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person beaskan beaskame beaskamet
2nd person beaskat beaskade beaskadet
3rd person beaskas beaskaska beaskaset

Descendants edit

  • Norwegian Bokmål: pesk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pesk

Further reading edit

  • 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