eaktu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eaktō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯kːtuː/

Noun

eaktu

1. condition, term
2. clause
3. criterion
4. freedom, free choice, liberty

Inflection

Even u-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	eaktu
Genitive	eavttu eavttọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eaktu	eavttut
Accusative	eavttu	eavttūid
Genitive	eavttu eavttọ	eavttūid
Illative	ēktui	eavttūide
Locative	eavttus	eavttūin
Comitative	eavttūin	eavttūiguin
Essive	eaktun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ēkton ēktome ēktomet 2nd person ēktot ēktode ēktodet 3rd person eaktus eaktuska eaktuset

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