buiku

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish puikko.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpujːkuː/

Noun

buiku

1. puukko

Inflection

Even u-stem, ik-ikk gradation
Nominative	buiku
Genitive	buikku buikkọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buiku	buikkut
Accusative	buikku	buikkūid
Genitive	buikku buikkọ	buikkūid
Illative	buikui	buikkūide
Locative	buikkus	buikkūin
Comitative	buikkūin	buikkūiguin
Essive	buikun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person buikon buikome buikomet 2nd person buikot buikode buikodet 3rd person buikus buikuska buikuset

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