deahkki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *teakkē, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtea̯hːkiː/

Noun

deahkki

1. muscle

Inflection

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative	deahkki
Genitive	deahki deahkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deahkki	deahkit
Accusative	deahki	dēhkiid
Genitive	deahki deahkẹ	dēhkiid
Illative	deahkkái	dēhkiide
Locative	deahkis	dēhkiin
Comitative	dēhkiin	dēhkiiguin
Essive	deahkkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person deahkkán deahkkáme deahkkámet 2nd person deahkkát deahkkáde deahkkádet 3rd person deahkkis deahkkiska deahkkiset

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