geatki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *keatkē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkea̯tːkiː/

Noun

geatki

1. wolverine

Inflection

Even i-stem, tk-tkk gradation
Nominative	geatki
Genitive	geatkki geatkkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	geatki	geatkkit
Accusative	geatkki	gētkkiid
Genitive	geatkki geatkkẹ	gētkkiid
Illative	geatkái	gētkkiide
Locative	geatkkis	gētkkiin
Comitative	gētkkiin	gētkkiiguin
Essive	geatkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person geatkán geatkáme geatkámet 2nd person geatkát geatkáde geatkádet 3rd person geatkis geatkiska geatkiset

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