iehke

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eakē.

Noun

iehke

  1. paternal uncle older than one's father

Inflection
Even e-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative iehke
Genitive iege
Singular Plural
Nominative iehke iege
Accusative iegev iegijt
Genitive iege iegij
Illative ähkáj iegijda
Inessive iegen iegijn
Elative ieges iegijs
Comitative iegijn iegij
Abessive iegedagá
iegedagi		 iegijdagá
iegijdagi
Essive iehken
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person ähkám ähkáma ähkáma
2nd person ähkát ähkáda ähkáda
3rd person iehkes iehkeska iehkesa

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

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *eakē.

Noun

iehke

  1. paternal uncle older than one's father

Inflection
Even e-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative iehke
Genitive iege
Singular Plural
Nominative iehke iege
Accusative iegev egijt
Genitive iege egij
Illative iehkáj egijda
Inessive iegen egijn
Elative iegest
ieges		 egijst
egijs
Comitative egijn egij
Essive iehken

Further reading
  • iehke in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
  • 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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