Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *toakkē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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doahkki

  1. lump
  2. flock, herd
  3. school (of fish), shoal
  4. swarm

Inflection

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Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative doahkki
Genitive doahki
doahkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative doahkki doahkit
Accusative doahki dōhkiid
Genitive doahki
doahkẹ
dōhkiid
Illative doahkkái dōhkiide
Locative doahkis dōhkiin
Comitative dōhkiin dōhkiiguin
Essive doahkkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person doahkkán doahkkáme doahkkámet
2nd person doahkkát doahkkáde doahkkádet
3rd person doahkkis doahkkiska doahkkiset

Further reading

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  • 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