meahkástat

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Inari Sami miähástâh.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmea̯hkaːstah(t)/

Noun

meahkástat

1. common snipe

Inflection

Even a-stem, hk-g gradation
Nominative	meahkástat
Genitive	meahkástaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meahkástat	meahkástagat
Accusative	meahkástaga	meahkástagaid
Genitive	meahkástaga	meahkástagaid
Illative	meahkástahkii	meahkástagaide
Locative	meahkástagas	meahkástagain
Comitative	meahkástagain	meahkástagaiguin
Essive	meahkástahkan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person meahkástahkan meahkástahkame meahkástahkamet 2nd person meahkástahkat meahkástahkade meahkástahkadet 3rd person meahkástahkas meahkástahkaska meahkástahkaset

Further reading

• 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