Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *mielkkē.

Noun

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mielkke

  1. milk

Inflection

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Even e-stem, lkk-lk gradation
Nominative mielkke
Genitive mielke
Singular Plural
Nominative mielkke mielke
Accusative mielkev mielkijt
Genitive mielke mielkij
Illative mälkkáj mielkijda
Inessive mielken mielkijn
Elative mielkes mielkijs
Comitative mielkijn mielkij
Abessive mielkedagá
mielkedagi
mielkijdagá
mielkijdagi
Essive mielkken
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mälkkám mälkkáma mälkkáma
2nd person mälkkát mälkkáda mälkkáda
3rd person mielkkes mielkkeska mielkkesa

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