Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *leakē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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leahki

  1. valley

Inflection

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Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative leahki
Genitive leagi
leagẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative leahki leagit
Accusative leagi lēgiid
Genitive leagi
leagẹ
lēgiid
Illative leahkái lēgiide
Locative leagis lēgiin
Comitative lēgiin lēgiiguin
Essive leahkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person leahkán leahkáme leahkámet
2nd person leahkát leahkáde leahkádet
3rd person leahkis leahkiska leahkiset

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