oahci

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *oacē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oahci

1. obstacle
2. sandbar

Inflection

Even i-stem, hc-z gradation
Nominative	oahci
Genitive	oazi oazẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oahci	oazit
Accusative	oazi	ōziid
Genitive	oazi oazẹ	ōziid
Illative	oahcái	ōziide
Locative	oazis	ōziin
Comitative	ōziin	ōziiguin
Essive	oahcin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person oahcán oahcáme oahcámet 2nd person oahcát oahcáde oahcádet 3rd person oahcis oahciska oahciset

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