Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *čieŋkëm.

Noun

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tjiekkav

  1. hard, white part of a bone

Inflection

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Odd, gg-kk gradation
Nominative tjiekkav
Genitive tjieggama
Singular Plural
Nominative tjiekkav tjieggama
Accusative tjieggamav tjieggamijt
Genitive tjieggama tjieggamij
Illative tjieggamij tjieggamijda
Inessive tjieggamin tjieggamijn
Elative tjieggamis tjieggamijs
Comitative tjieggamijn tjieggamij
Abessive tjieggamadagá
tjieggamadagi
tjieggamijdagá
tjieggamijdagi
Essive tjiekkan
tjieggamin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person tjieggamim
tjieggamam
tjieggamimme tjieggamimme
2nd person tjieggamit
tjieggamat
tjieggamihtte tjieggamihtte
3rd person tjieggamis tjieggamiska tjieggamisá

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