biehkan

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *piekkënjë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯hkan/

Noun

biehkan

1. rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus

Inflection

Odd, no gradation
Nominative	biehkan
Genitive	biehkana
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biehkan	biehkanat
Accusative	biehkana	biehkaniid
Genitive	biehkana	biehkaniid
Illative	biehkanii	biehkaniidda
Locative	biehkanis	biehkaniin
Comitative	biehkaniin	biehkaniiguin
Essive	biehkanin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person biehkanan biehkaneamẹ biehkaneamẹt 2nd person biehkanat biehkaneattẹ biehkaneattẹt 3rd person biehkanis biehkaneaskkạ biehkaneasẹt

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