fákta

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *vāktë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈfaːkːta/

Noun

fákta

1. guard, watch

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	fákta
Genitive	fávtta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fákta	fávttat
Accusative	fávtta	fávttaid
Genitive	fávtta	fávttaid
Illative	fáktii	fávttaide
Locative	fávttas	fávttain
Comitative	fávttain	fávttaiguin
Essive	fáktan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person fáktan fáktame fáktamet 2nd person fáktat fáktade fáktadet 3rd person fáktas fáktaska fáktaset

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