Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *soakē.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈsoɑ̯hkiː/

Noun edit

soahki

  1. birch

Inflection edit

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 edit

  • 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