Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *vietkë.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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vietka

  1. chisel

Inflection

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Even a-stem, tk-tkk gradation
Nominative vietka
Genitive vietkka
Singular Plural
Nominative vietka vietkkat
Accusative vietkka vietkkaid
Genitive vietkka vietkkaid
Illative vītkii vietkkaide
Locative vietkkas vietkkain
Comitative vietkkain vietkkaiguin
Essive vietkan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vietkan vietkame vietkamet
2nd person vietkat vietkade vietkadet
3rd person vietkas vietkaska vietkaset

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