buksa

See also: buksä

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bukse. Compare Kildin Sami пуффс (puffs).

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

Noun

buksa

  1. (in the plural) trousers, pants
  2. (in the singular) trousers leg, pant leg

Inflection
Even a-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative buksa
Genitive buvssa
Singular Plural
Nominative buksa buvssat
Accusative buvssa buvssaid
Genitive buvssa buvssaid
Illative buksii buvssaide
Locative buvssas buvssain
Comitative buvssain buvssaiguin
Essive buksan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person buksan buksame buksamet
2nd person buksat buksade buksadet
3rd person buksas buksaska buksaset

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

buksa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of bukse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

buksa f

  1. definite singular of bukse
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