soahki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *soakē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɑ̯hkiː/

Noun

soahki

1. birch

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	soahki
Genitive	soagi soagẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	soahki	soagit
Accusative	soagi	sōgiid
Genitive	soagi soagẹ	sōgiid
Illative	soahkái	sōgiide
Locative	soagis	sōgiin
Comitative	sōgiin	sōgiiguin
Essive	soahkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person soahkán soahkáme soahkámet 2nd person soahkát soahkáde soahkádet 3rd person soahkis soahkiska soahkiset

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