Northern Sami

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish tuska.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtusːkiː/

Noun

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duski

  1. pain, distress
  2. anger

Inflection

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Even i-stem, sk-skk gradation
Nominative duski
Genitive duskki
duskkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative duski duskkit
Accusative duskki duskkiid
Genitive duskki
duskkẹ
duskkiid
Illative duskái duskkiide
Locative duskkis duskkiin
Comitative duskkiin duskkiiguin
Essive duskin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person duskán duskáme duskámet
2nd person duskát duskáde duskádet
3rd person duskis duskiska duskiset

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