miehkki

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯hːkiː/

Noun

miehkki

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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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