Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From geahččat +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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geahčču

  1. inspection

Inflection

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Even u-stem, hčč- gradation
Nominative geahčču
Genitive geahču
geahčọ
Singular Plural
Nominative geahčču geahčut
Accusative geahču geahčūid
Genitive geahču
geahčọ
geahčūid
Illative gēhččui geahčūide
Locative geahčus geahčūin
Comitative geahčūin geahčūiguin
Essive geahččun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person gēhččon gēhččome gēhččomet
2nd person gēhččot gēhččode gēhččodet
3rd person geahččus geahččuska geahččuset

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