kiehâ

See also: kĩeha

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kiekë.

Noun

kiehâ

1. cuckoo, Cuculus canorus

Inflection

Even â-stem, h-ṿ gradation
Nominative	kiehâ
Genitive	kieṿâ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kiehâ	kieṿah
Accusative	kieṿâ	kieṿâid
Genitive	kieṿâ	kieˈṿâi kieṿâi
Illative	kiehân	kievˈváid
Locative	kieṿâst	kieṿâin
Comitative	kievˈváin	kieˈṿâiguin
Abessive	kieˈṿâttáá	kieˈṿâittáá
Essive	kieḥân
Partitive	kieḥâd
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

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