biehkan

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *piekkënjë.

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpie̯hkan/

Noun

biehkan

  1. rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus

Inflection
Odd, no gradation
Nominative biehkan
Genitive biehkana
Singular Plural
Nominative biehkan biehkanat
Accusative biehkana biehkaniid
Genitive biehkana biehkaniid
Illative biehkanii biehkaniidda
Locative biehkanis biehkaniin
Comitative biehkaniin biehkaniiguin
Essive biehkanin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person biehkanan biehkaneamẹ biehkaneamẹt
2nd person biehkanat biehkaneattẹ biehkaneattẹt
3rd person biehkanis biehkaneaskkạ biehkaneasẹt

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
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