Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *koaskē, from Proto-Uralic *koska.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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goaski

  1. maternal aunt older than one's mother; mother's older sister

Inflection

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Even i-stem, sk-skk gradation
Nominative goaski
Genitive goaskki
goaskkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative goaski goaskkit
Accusative goaskki gōskkiid
Genitive goaskki
goaskkẹ
gōskkiid
Illative goaskái gōskkiide
Locative goaskkis gōskkiin
Comitative gōskkiin gōskkiiguin
Essive goaskin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person goaskán goaskáme goaskámet
2nd person goaskát goaskáde goaskádet
3rd person goaskis goaskiska goaskiset

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