buksa

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian bukse. Compare Kildin Sami пуффс (puffs).

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpukːsa/

Noun

buksa

1. (in the plural) trousers, pants
2. (in the singular) trousers leg, pant leg

Inflection

Even a-stem, ks-vss gradation
Nominative	buksa
Genitive	buvssa
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buksa	buvssat
Accusative	buvssa	buvssaid
Genitive	buvssa	buvssaid
Illative	buksii	buvssaide
Locative	buvssas	buvssain
Comitative	buvssain	buvssaiguin
Essive	buksan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person buksan buksame buksamet 2nd person buksat buksade buksadet 3rd person buksas buksaska buksaset

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• buksen

Noun

buksa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bukse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

buksa f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of bukse