miehkki

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish miekka, from Proto-Finnic *mëëkka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

miehkki

  1. sword

Inflection

Even i-stem, hkk-hk gradation
Nominative miehkki
Genitive miehki
miehkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative miehkki miehkit
Accusative miehki mīhkiid
Genitive miehki
miehkẹ 		mīhkiid
Illative miehkkái mīhkiide
Locative miehkis mīhkiin
Comitative mīhkiin mīhkiiguin
Essive miehkkin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person miehkkán miehkkáme miehkkámet
2nd person miehkkát miehkkáde miehkkádet
3rd person miehkkis miehkkiska miehkkiset

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
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