miekta

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *miektë, from Proto-Uralic *mäkte.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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miekta

  1. Carex cespitosa

Inflection

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Even a-stem, kt-vtt gradation
Nominative miekta
Genitive mievtta
Singular Plural
Nominative miekta mievttat
Accusative mievtta mievttaid
Genitive mievtta mievttaid
Illative mīktii mievttaide
Locative mievttas mievttain
Comitative mievttain mievttaiguin
Essive miektan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person miektan miektame miektamet
2nd person miektat miektade miektadet
3rd person miektas miektaska miektaset

Further reading

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  • 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