Northern Sami edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Samic *veajkē.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

veaigi

  1. dusk

Inflection edit

Even i-stem, ig-igg gradation
Nominative veaigi
Genitive veaiggi
veaiggẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative veaigi veaiggit
Accusative veaiggi vēiggiid
Genitive veaiggi
veaiggẹ
vēiggiid
Illative veaigái vēiggiide
Locative veaiggis vēiggiin
Comitative vēiggiin vēiggiiguin
Essive veaigin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person veaigán veaigáme veaigámet
2nd person veaigát veaigáde veaigádet
3rd person veaigis veaigiska veaigiset

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