veaiki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *veaškē.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

veaiki

1. copper

Inflection

Even i-stem, ik-ikk gradation
Nominative	veaiki
Genitive	veaikki veaikkẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	veaiki	veaikkit
Accusative	veaikki	vēikkiid
Genitive	veaikki veaikkẹ	vēikkiid
Illative	veaikái	vēikkiide
Locative	veaikkis	vēikkiin
Comitative	vēikkiin	vēikkiiguin
Essive	veaikin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person veaikán veaikáme veaikámet 2nd person veaikát veaikáde veaikádet 3rd person veaikis veaikiska veaikiset

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