meahcci

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *meaccē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meahcci

1. forest
2. open country, pasture
3. wild, wilderness

Inflection

Even i-stem, hcc-hc gradation
Nominative	meahcci
Genitive	meahci meahcẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meahcci	meahcit
Accusative	meahci	mēhciid
Genitive	meahci meahcẹ	mēhciid
Illative	meahccái	mēhciide
Locative	meahcis	mēhciin
Comitative	mēhciin	mēhciiguin
Essive	meahccin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person meahccán meahccáme meahccámet 2nd person meahccát meahccáde meahccádet 3rd person meahccis meahcciska meahcciset

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