Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *tikkē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtihːkiː/

Noun edit

dihkki

  1. tick (insect)

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative dihkki
Genitive dihki
dihkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative dihkki dihkit
Accusative dihki dihkiid
Genitive dihki
dihkẹ
dihkiid
Illative dihkkái dihkiide
Locative dihkis dihkiin
Comitative dihkiin dihkiiguin
Essive dihkkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person dihkkán dihkkáme dihkkámet
2nd person dihkkát dihkkáde dihkkádet
3rd person dihkkis dihkkiska dihkkiset

Related terms edit

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