alkke

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See also: álkke

Lule Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *ëlkē.

Noun[edit]

alkke

  1. young boy (8-10 years old)

Inflection[edit]

Even e-stem, lkk-lk gradation
Nominative alkke
Genitive alke
Singular Plural
Nominative alkke alke
Accusative alkev alkijt
Genitive alke alkij
Illative alkkáj alkijda
Inessive alken alkijn
Elative alkes alkijs
Comitative alkijn alkij
Abessive alkedagá
alkedagi
alkijdagá
alkijdagi
Essive alkken
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person alkkám alkkáma alkkáma
2nd person alkkát alkkáda alkkáda
3rd person alkkes alkkeska alkkesa

Further reading[edit]

  • 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