gákšu

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāvšō.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːkːʃuː/

Noun

gákšu

1. she-wolf

Declension

Even u-stem, kš-všš gradation
Nominative	gákšu
Genitive	gávššu gávššọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gákšu	gávššut
Accusative	gávššu	gávššūid
Genitive	gávššu gávššọ	gávššūid
Illative	gákšui	gávššūide
Locative	gávššus	gávššūin
Comitative	gávššūin	gávššūiguin
Essive	gákšun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gákšon gákšome gákšomet 2nd person gákšot gákšode gákšodet 3rd person gákšus gákšuska gákšuset

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