duohki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tuokē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯hkiː/

Noun

duohki

1. background
2. (in case forms and derivations) back, rear

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	duohki
Genitive	duogi duogẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	duohki	duogit
Accusative	duogi	dūgiid
Genitive	duogi duogẹ	dūgiid
Illative	duohkái	dūgiide
Locative	duogis	dūgiin
Comitative	dūgiin	dūgiiguin
Essive	duohkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person duohkán duohkáme duohkámet 2nd person duohkát duohkáde duohkádet 3rd person duohkis duohkiska duohkiset

Derived terms

• duogáš
• duogẹ
• duohkái
• duohkin
• duohko

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