Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *keaδkē.

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkea̯ðːkiː/

Noun

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geađgi

  1. stone

Inflection

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Even i-stem, đg-đgg gradation
Nominative geađgi
Genitive geađggi
geađggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative geađgi geađggit
Accusative geađggi gēđggiid
Genitive geađggi
geađggẹ
gēđggiid
Illative geađgái gēđggiide
Locative geađggis gēđggiin
Comitative gēđggiin gēđggiiguin
Essive geađgin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person geađgán geađgáme geađgámet
2nd person geađgát geađgáde geađgádet
3rd person geađgis geađgiska geađgiset

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