Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *oaksē.

Noun

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oakse

  1. branch (of a tree)

Inflection

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Even e-stem, ks-vs gradation
Nominative oakse
Genitive oavse
Singular Plural
Nominative oakse oavse
Accusative oavsev å̄vsijt
Genitive oavse å̄vsij
Illative oaksáj å̄vsijda
Inessive oavsen å̄vsijn
Elative oavses å̄vsijs
Comitative å̄vsijn å̄vsij
Abessive oavsedagá
oavsedagi
å̄vsijdagá
å̄vsijdagi
Essive oaksen
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person oaksám oaksáma oaksáma
2nd person oaksát oaksáda oaksáda
3rd person oakses oakseska oaksesa

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