leaksu

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

leaksu

1. lesson
2. homework

Inflection

Even u-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative	leaksu
Genitive	leavssu leavssọ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leaksu	leavssut
Accusative	leavssu	leavssūid
Genitive	leavssu leavssọ	leavssūid
Illative	lēksui	leavssūide
Locative	leavssus	leavssūin
Comitative	leavssūin	leavssūiguin
Essive	leaksun
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lēkson lēksome lēksomet 2nd person lēksot lēksode lēksodet 3rd person leaksus leaksuska leaksuset

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