gikta

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiptë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkikːta/

Noun

gikta

1. sinker (weight used in fishing)

Inflection

Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative	gikta
Genitive	givtta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gikta	givttat
Accusative	givtta	givttaid
Genitive	givtta	givttaid
Illative	giktii	givttaide
Locative	givttas	givttain
Comitative	givttain	givttaiguin
Essive	giktan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person giktan giktame giktamet 2nd person giktat giktade giktadet 3rd person giktas giktaska giktaset

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