goaski

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

goaski

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

Inflection

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

• 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