eahki

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eakē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈea̯hkiː/

Noun

eahki

1. paternal uncle older than one's father; father's older brother

Inflection

Even i-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	eahki
Genitive	eagi eagẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eahki	eagit
Accusative	eagi	ēgiid
Genitive	eagi eagẹ	ēgiid
Illative	eahkái	ēgiide
Locative	eagis	ēgiin
Comitative	ēgiin	ēgiiguin
Essive	eahkin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person eahkán eahkáme eahkámet 2nd person eahkát eahkáde eahkádet 3rd person eahkis eahkiska eahkiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland