gotka

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kotkë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkotːka/

Noun

gotka

1. ant

Inflection

Even a-stem, tk-tkk gradation
Nominative	gotka
Genitive	gotkka
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gotka	gotkkat
Accusative	gotkka	gotkkaid
Genitive	gotkka	gotkkaid
Illative	gotkii	gotkkaide
Locative	gotkkas	gotkkain
Comitative	gotkkain	gotkkaiguin
Essive	gotkan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gotkan gotkame gotkamet 2nd person gotkat gotkade gotkadet 3rd person gotkas gotkaska gotkaset

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