veaiki

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Northern Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *veaškē.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

veaiki

  1. copper

Inflection[edit]

Even i-stem, ik-ikk gradation
Nominative veaiki
Genitive veaikki
veaikkẹ
Singular Plural
Nominative veaiki veaikkit
Accusative veaikki vēikkiid
Genitive veaikki
veaikkẹ
vēikkiid
Illative veaikái vēikkiide
Locative veaikkis vēikkiin
Comitative vēikkiin vēikkiiguin
Essive veaikin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person veaikán veaikáme veaikámet
2nd person veaikát veaikáde veaikádet
3rd person veaikis veaikiska veaikiset

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