kakkârâs

Inari Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Northern Sami gáhkkor, Finnish kaakkuri.

Noun

kakkârâs

1. red-throated diver, Gavia stellata

   Synonym: kähtee

Inflection

Odd inflection
	singular	plural
Nominative	kakkârâs	kakkârâseh
Accusative	kakkârâs	kakkârâsijd
Genitive	kakkârâs	kakkârâsij
Illative	kakkârâsân	kakkârâsáid
Locative	kakkârâsist	kakkârâsijn
Comitative	kakkârâsáin	kakkârâsijguin
Abessive	kakkârâsttáá	kakkârâsijttáá
Essive	kakkârâsin	—
Partitive	kakkârâsid	—

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